Birds are a beautiful part of nature and watching them in our environment can be a calming pastime. But just like with any natural creation, such as vegetation and insects, when left unchecked, it will start to overrun and rule its environment and ultimately cause it harm.
When birds start to overpopulate your home or business premises, they can start to cause damage. Bird control becomes a need to make sure that the population of birds is kept under control and the neighbourhood your home or business is situated in remains a stress free one.
You also need to know that not all birds can cause harm, even if found in large numbers in an area. But these particular birds tend to cause the most damage when left to overpopulate a space:
- Indian Mynas
- Sparrows
- Pigeons
- Starlings
There are several ways large populations of these birds can impact their environment. Let’s have a look at a few.
The Negative Impact of Birds
Health Risks
Though birds are beautiful creatures, they are still carriers of various harmful diseases. Birds, bird droppings and their nesting materials hold several diseases that can easily be transmitted to humans. Should any of these materials find their way into your body through breathing or eating, the diseases they contain can pose serious risks to your health.
Property Damage
Bird droppings are highly acidic and when left on buildings, machinery, cars and fabrics, will impact them. Without regular cleaning of bird droppings on such surfaces, they will in time render your machines non-operational, cars paint work looking dull and fabrics ruined.
Flooding Risk
When large populations of birds are in an area, large amounts of nests and nesting materials are also present. When these materials are left in gutters or drainage structures, they cause a hazard of flooding because the drainage system on your premises may be blocked.
Falling Risk
One of the simplest hazards bird droppings can pose to you, is the risk of slipping and falling. Bird droppings are slippery and when stepped on unaware, someone may fall. This can cause minor or major injuries to you, your family or employees, so it’s a vital aspect to manage for responsible parties, whether for your home or business premises.
Food Safety
When bird droppings or nesting material is found around food manufacturing plants, they pose a food safety risk. Should any of these items find their way into the products and be consumed by humans, they will pass on diseases. Also, even if it simply goes unnoticed on open food items, it can spoil them.
Image
One of the values of an area is its looks; the first impressions. A bird infestation can leave an area looking run down and dirty. With bird nests, droppings and feathers covering your home and car or business, it leaves the areas looking tacky, unkempt, and smelling. This can devalue properties, neighbourhoods and business parks.
Expensive Clean-up
When birds overrun a place and are not controlled, there is a constant need for cleaning up. Cleaning up after birds in the long run can become expensive since it often requires weekly or monthly maintenance. Rather manage this better by controlling the source of the problem.
Other Infestations
Where there are lots of birds, there are other creatures that will breed. Large groups of birds in an area bring with them insect infestations such as flies, fleas and bird mites. By not controlling a bird infestation problem, you will be creating additional pest problems.
How to Fix the Problem
See? Pest control isn’t just about bugs and rodents but also birds. Though we may not think of birds as pests, when they start to rule and make your life and space uncomfortable, they are pests. And don’t let familiarity cause you to be blind to potential problems! One of the most common birds that can become pests are pigeons. Implementing pigeon pest control measures will help control these birds which have come to be known as the ‘rats of the sky’.
And there’s no time like the present! Do something now before you have to deal with the risks listed above. By incorporating one of several solutions through a bird pest control provider, you will be regaining control of your home and business.
Bird pest control solutions can be categorised depending on the size of the bird infestation you have. Simple, harm free solutions can be bird netting, trapping, spikes, wire, removal, control agents, deterrents or proofing to name a few.
Should your problem be an extreme case of infestation which has been left for longer than recommended and the birds are overpowering your space, some extreme measures of removal can be bird shooting.
The aim is to never leave a bird problem for too long so that the measures that need to be taken never get too harsh.
Conclusion
Birds are a great and necessary part of nature but when left to their own devices, they can cause damage. Bird pest control of your home and business is simpler than expected and will leave you with damage free spaces and stress free.
