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 Thu 19 Sep 13 11:06 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - L'escargot
............. to poo on house windows in preference to doing it on the other outside surfaces of a house? In fact why do they poo on a vertical surface such as a house window anyway?
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 11:30 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - Bromptonaut
If House Martins nest under your eaves then the chicks wiggle their backsides over lip of nest to poo. Even if you've not got hopper vents open a fair bit of it lands on the glass. Most of ours left last week but there are still stragglers in the nest. I love having Martins around so I tolerate their incontinence and indeed instruct window cleaner to avoid going near nests to clean the window.

Also seen starling, robins and sparrows fighting violently with their own reflection in the glass and pooing while they go.

Other species 'let go' while flying and a mixture of breeze and momentum carry it onto your window.
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 11:33 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - Alanovich

>> Also seen starling, robins and sparrows fighting violently with their own reflection in the glass
>> and pooing while they go.

Sounds a bit like this forum!

;-)
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 11:39 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - Clk Sec
>> >> and pooing while they go.
>>
>> Sounds a bit like this forum!


Comments like that could cause a stink...
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 11:35 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - Ted

I tend to think it's the ' Barnes Wallis ' effect of opening the bomb doors just before landing on your gutters. Momentum carries the bomb forward. It probably happens all round the house but only the ones that hit the glass are noticeable.

Ted
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 12:23 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - madf
Lots of insects round houses..
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 13:00 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - L'escargot
>> I tend to think it's the ' Barnes Wallis ' effect of opening the bomb
>> doors just before landing on your gutters.

I thought it might be because of them flying towards the window and not seeing the glass until the last minute, and then opening their bomb doors in panic as they bank away from the window.
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 13:09 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - VxFan
>> ............. to poo on house windows

And car bonnets/roofs just after you've clean the car?
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 13:54 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - Pat
Is anyone else plagued with house flies at the moment?

Pat
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 14:02 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - VxFan
Not since I told them to buzz off ;)
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 14:09 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - Pat
I've tried everything...even spraying them with hairspray to try and stick their wings together but still they come back.

Pat
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 14:16 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - devonite
Hair-Spray works best on them if you hold a lighted match infront of the nozzle!! ;-)
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 14:09 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - Bromptonaut
>> Is anyone else plagued with house flies at the moment?
>>
>> Pat

Not many. We had the usual plague of cornflies in late July and a few but not many compared to wetter years Craneflies (DaddyLonglegs) atm.

The spiders are coming back inside though......
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 14:15 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - devonite
Don't ever make the mistake I made earlier this Summer!!! - I stupidly bought the grand-brats one of those electric tennis-raquets each. we now have scuffs and splat-marks all over the wallpaper, no ornaments, shredded vertical blinds and I'm sure I can still smell burnt meat all around the house!!!
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 14:16 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - Alanovich
>> no ornaments

= less dusting.

;-)
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 14:41 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - L'escargot
>> Is anyone else plagued with house flies at the moment?
>>
>> Pat

No, we're just plagued with birds pooping on the windows.
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 Thu 19 Sep 13 14:43 
 Why do birds seem to prefer ................ - devonite
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No, we're just plagued with birds pooping on the windows.

Northern Girls are sooo much more sophisticated!!!
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