How do you get birds to shut up?

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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.

Wow. Just wow. SMDH. Get a white noise machine then. Geez.

[Anonymous]

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Anyone who has seen A Christmas Story should recognize that as the same “Red Rider, 200 shot, range-model” BB gun that Ralphie lusted after for Christmas.

OP: please do not emulate that .gif.

The Red Rider (or any smooth-bore BB gun) is not sufficiently accurate for humane pest elimination in the suburbs. Wounding a game animal (or any animal) is cruel and inhumane.

Instead, I suggest a silencer-equipped pellet rifle with a precision-rifled barrel like the Gamo Whisper rifles:

https://www.gamousa.com/family.aspx?familyID=71

Silencers integrally installed on air rifles are 100% legal and unregulated in all 50 states plus DC, by the way. The Gamo is accurate enough for humane head-shots on small pests out to 30 yards.

However, BB guns and other air guns are not toys, and you need to learn proper hunter safety through an accredited hunter safety class to eliminate any risk to neighbors / other animals. Please approach this seriously and responsibly.

Also, the birds may be protected species, and if they are migratory, they could be protected under federal as well as state law. Penalties for harvesting protected game in violation of law may be quite severe.

Wouldn’t a plastic owl or an indoor/outdoor cat be easier? (Though to be fair, cats kill in far less humane ways; they often keep wounded prey alive for hours merely to torture them for their own amusement. Fact.).

Dont shoot songbirds!! The populations are declining rapidly as it is! (Feel free to keep hunting legally tho PP- me likey pheasant and quail for dinner.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plant these in your yard - http://ar.audubon.org/news/nandina-berries-kill-birds

COOL! I have a couple of these bushes!

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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.

DP. FWIW, I can't sleep with earplugs, they irritate my ear canal.
I don't hate birds signing, but I do hate sparrows chirping outside. You can call me 'the most miserable piece of work' all you want, because I truly am a miserable piece of work at 5 30 am when they start screeching outside. I have a white noise machine on, but it doesn't completely block the piercing sounds.

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A rich weirdo in our old neighborhood owned exotic, trained birds he would let out of his house. They were trained to come back. They would perch in a tree across the street from our house and let out the craziest most annoying freaking sounds! So glad we got out of there.

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New poster and not the person to whom you're responding, but....You do realize that the whole "birds loudly chirping in the very early hours" is not a year-round thing, right? It happens in the spring. That's about it, at least where I live here in the DC suburbs. Sure, there are some birds that chirp in the summer but it's not the huge chorus of loud calls and chirps that happen in the spring. So this is going to pass, like it does every year. I'm guessing you'll say that it doesn't matter, it's still driving you crazy RIGHT NOW, but...Get a white noise machine, and earplugs, or whatever. It's one season and will come to an end. No reason to get this kind of worked up over it. If you're tired during the day because of it, well, why haven't you tried the suggestions above to mask the noise?

Another NP. Came in to say this—It’s migration and nesting season.

Rest secure in the knowledge that you’re already doing your part to drive them toward extinction. They don’t like your car fumes, outdoor cat, insecticides, McMansion, or water pollution either. Many songbirds are threatened.

Agree the invasive house sparrows are annoying.

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I hate being awakened at 4:30 every morning by the bird song. We replaced our windows last year which helped a lot. Otherwise, I just take a second pillow and put it over the ear that's facing up, that actually works well.

Also imagining the scene in Steel Magnolias when Tom Skerrit shoots the fireworks into the tree helps too.

This too shall pass...

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send them a Tweet

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I hope that you advocating killing songbirds are joking. You cannot possibly be that stupid. Bird populations are declining and that is not a good thing.

Get an F-ing white noise machine and STFU about it, you (bleeping) toddlers.

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I love birds, but not the loud ones at 4:30 am!

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The problem isn't the birds, it's the insomnia, the misophonia, the anxiety, and the poor ability to focus on what you CAN change.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem isn't the birds, it's the insomnia, the misophonia, the anxiety, and the poor ability to focus on what you CAN change.

- it is almost as if the DC area were inhabited mostly by Type-A personalities (?).

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You should move to a high rise building so you can't see the trees.

Or you can get rid of your trees & bushes and your neighbors trees and bushes, and all else within a half mile radius.

Or practice your slingshot skills.

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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.

Wow. Just wow. SMDH. Get a white noise machine then. Geez.

I can not take an adult seriously who squeals Wow just wow. So funny.