How do you get birds to shut up?

[Anonymous]

why do birds chirp in the night?

http://animals.mom.me/bird-chirps-middle-night-9982.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:HA! I love birds, but hate them at 4:30 when they chirp right outside my window too.

You all must be morning people! Ain't nothing short of a mack truck (or my child calling) that will wake me up at 4:30! NO-THING!

That's funny, yes I am. I think my body is starting to wake and the damn early birds (trying to get the worms, no less) wake me up. I do need better windows.

[Anonymous]

"Who’s Making All That Racket After Dark? Why Do Some Birds Sing Through The Night?"

http://wild.enature.com/blog/whos-making-all-that-racket-after-dark-why-do-some-birds-sing-through-the-n

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe there is yet another thread about hating birds singing. You people are the most miserable pieces of work I have ever encountered. The sound is so beautiful. If you are so stressed out that you can't appreciate the sound, then reevaluate your life.

Now a rooster...that shit is horrible!

And stupid. S/he can't even spell "hear" (which is half why I asked if they came from Jersey).
I don't mind roosters either. My neighbors have them, and they don't bother me at all.
Earplugs are cheap. I suggest all those bothered by nature invest in some.

Huh? "Jersey" actually has one of the most educated populations in the country (& some of the best public schools). It also has many birds, I'm sure. And, no, I am not from there.

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Educate yourself, PP.

I am, believe me. I deal with its product every day.

Ah, so you are making widespread, largely inaccurate generalizations about an entire state based on one person? Or is it a 2 or 3 people?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:HA! I love birds, but hate them at 4:30 when they chirp right outside my window too.

You all must be morning people! Ain't nothing short of a mack truck (or my child calling) that will wake me up at 4:30! NO-THING!

That's funny, yes I am. I think my body is starting to wake and the damn early birds (trying to get the worms, no less) wake me up. I do need better windows.

Funny. Maybe that's why I myself never hear the birds. (at night)

[Anonymous]

You "early birds" are bothered by the true early birds.

We night owls have no problemos with them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can't believe there is yet another thread about hating birds singing. You people are the most miserable pieces of work I have ever encountered. The sound is so beautiful. If you are so stressed out that you can't appreciate the sound, then reevaluate your life.

Now a rooster...that shit is horrible!

Would you say the same about a dog barking in the early morning, or all the time? I don't find birds chirping their heads off any more pleasing than a dog barking its head off. It's all annoying and after a while, can drive anyone insane.

Dogs bark to sound an alarm to humans or other dogs. It's totally different. Yes I find incessant barking annoying. Birds...very nice and relaxing. Where I live we also have frogs, crickets etc and I love it in the spring and summer.

The intent of why the animal may be making noise may be different, but to different people, it's equally annoying and obnoxious. You find birds singing "nice and relaxing" - I might as well be listening to a pack of dogs barking, or car alarms going off. But maybe you need to reevaulate your life if you find those sounds irritating?

My amygdala and auditory cortex disagree...I'm correctly interpreting the auditory input. Your amygdala is set on Cranky Pants.

[Anonymous]

I think I'd rather listen to a car alarm than the birds outside my window right now.

[Anonymous]

Thank God someone else gets it. It's not about hating birdsong, it's about not being able to sleep because they're incapable of shutting up and waiting until daylight actually appears....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about one of those fake owls?

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[Anonymous]

Have you looked into falconry? The only way to fight birds is with bigger birds.

[Anonymous]

Just get a white noise machine and turn it up. We have a bird feeder outside our window and our avid bird watches. That being said. We have a white noise machine and use a box fan and do not hear any birds.

Except the stupid woodpecker that raps on our gutters to attract a lady woodpecker and destroys my soul.

[Anonymous]

Have the bird haters read Silent Spring?

[Anonymous]

I don't know how you all can be so forgiving and still "love birds." They were driving me insane. The chirping was so loud I started to think that they were living in my walls right next to my head. I had my noise machine on high right next to my pillow and the cruel cacophony still woke me every day at the crack of dawn. This was a few years ago when I was also sleep deprived from having babies. I think I was starting to lose it. Anyway, maybe because of my IQ-lowered crazed state, it took me a while to realize that they actually WERE living in my walls. Turns out woodpeckers had made tiny holes in the side of our house and then some non-descript super loud birds had made our house their home. Long story short, we redid the siding of our house with some fake non-wood material and problem solved. I can't hear anything anymore. It has really made me appreciate all these synthetic materials I used to think made Virginia so ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank God someone else gets it. It's not about hating birdsong, it's about not being able to sleep because they're incapable of shutting up and waiting until daylight actually appears....

No, I hate "birdsong" - it's no more pleasant than a car alarm or a dog barking. It's not endearing to listen to, day or night.