Comments on: BirdJam As A Nuisance Bird Deterrent

By: BirdDude

BirdDude — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 17:33:59 +0000

Hi John,

It’s nice to know there are other humane methods to control nuisance birds. Do sonic or ultrasonic repellers work as well on starlings or grackles?

By: John Thomas

John Thomas — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 15:51:16 +0000

I would like to add that if the Cowbirds persist, you can use ultrasonic or sonic bird repellers. These can be set to distress calls of the particular species as well as predator sounds. Pretty good reviews over at Amazon. Best of success!
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By: BirdDude

BirdDude — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:29:49 +0000

I’ve successfully used my ipod with birdjam sounds to scare off cowbirds. The worst part about cowbirds is they leave their eggs in other birds’ nests to be raised and increase their numbers. And yes, they will keep other birds away.

By: Janet

Janet — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 00:11:22 +0000

I want to rid my yard of a Cowbird flock. They look at me and laugh when I go outside to chase them away. My regular Finch, Cardinals, etc have left. I have one Finch couple who come in right before the sun goes down but these “d…” Cowbirds bully them away then. I’ve chased them with a high powdered yard garden sprayer to no avail. Until now, I never have wished to kill anything. Guess what I wish to kill now…Cowbirds!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:28:01 +0000

Hello Mr. Martin,

BirdJam is a way to identify a bird you hear in your backyard. You can either look up the species you think it is, play its song and see if it matches. Or you can just match it with its picture from the BirdJam product.

If you see a bird in your backyard and would like to see if it will come closer you can play a few seconds of its song to see if it responds. I would not do this for very long segments or repetitions as it could have the opposite effect of scaring them away. Some portion of the recorded songs are from males announcing their territories which is naturally intimidating to other males.

The use I was talking about in the post is where you have a nuisance species like sparrows or grackles that can overrun your feeders and keep the birds you want to feed away. For some of these, a short burst of the recordings will scare them away. I used it successfully on cowbirds and sparrows.

Hope this clears it up.

Jeff