How To Stop Barn Swallows From Nesting Around Your House (Easy Tips And Tricks)

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Every May for the last 7 years, I've been battling Barn Swallows that try to nest on my front porch. Here's what you need to know about Barn Swallows building nests on your house and how to stop barn swallows from nesting on a house.
0:00 Barn Swallows Nesting On My House
0:18 Can You Destroy Barn Swallow Nests
0:40 Why I Stop Barn Swallows From Nesting Here
1:34 Why Bird Poop Can Be Dangerous
2:00 Stop Barn Swallows From Nesting
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@Trthsker24 2 ай бұрын

Overheard a woman talking about barn swallows, who said she knocked down a nest and stomped the eggs bc they are nuisance birds. I was speechless.

@AbbottsAtHome 2 ай бұрын

Yikes!

@jonboz2577 Ай бұрын

Illegal in many states.

@nsa1420 2 ай бұрын

God bless you! Thank you so much.

@AbbottsAtHome 2 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

@denniselmore717 Ай бұрын

A couple helium balloons worked for us. Shiny Mylar balloons with a face seem best.

@AbbottsAtHome Ай бұрын

Genius! Love this idea.

@forkhorn77 2 ай бұрын

They will get used the shiny stuff too For 20 years been frying owls , rubber snakes , tin pie plates and foil , and eventually they always came back Finally has to line the upper part of my porch with netting to keep the away

@AbbottsAtHome 2 ай бұрын

Yikes! I hope that doesn’t happen here. Renting scaffolding to get up there is a pain. Strangely, the swallow that showed up this year gave up on the porch after 2 days. He must have found a back up spot pretty fast. 🤞🤞

@sandilobianco6734 Ай бұрын

Thank you. I have the same problem with bird nests. The pole is a good idea. I’ve heard that using the color blue like blue strips of paper tape or fabric keeps them away as well.

@AbbottsAtHome 24 күн бұрын

I've heard that too. The first year they showed up, I actually had the ceiling painted a medium brown. I always wonder if that attracted them.

@VishalRaoOnYouTube Ай бұрын

I have a 16 ft porch in central Texas with a similar problem. What about an outdoor rated crystal chandelier in your porch and keeping it on 24/7/365?

@AbbottsAtHome Ай бұрын

That could work. Just crystals with a light throwing reflections around should be a good deterrent. Once they lay eggs and have babies in the nests, they can't really move until the babies are ready to fly. So, you really have to stop them from nesting every year. Good luck!!

@BlankBlank-by4me Ай бұрын

I didn’t know that they can make nests in the row!! 😮

@AbbottsAtHome Ай бұрын

You can usually see them under overpasses in long lines. It’s pretty cool when it’s not on your house. 😊

@familyedavelli4328 2 ай бұрын

Would having laser lights help?

@AbbottsAtHome 2 ай бұрын

Maybe? I haven’t tried that. But you’d think it’d be similar to mirrors or shiny objects. 😊

@Jade_902 2 ай бұрын

I’ve never, ever heard of this bird. I had to Google it.

@AbbottsAtHome 2 ай бұрын

I've always loved seeing them swoop around at dusk catching bugs. But, I didn't know the name either until they nested on my porch. 😅

@27Rican Ай бұрын

Help! I’m having this exact problem now 😩😩. They won’t leave even after their babies are grown and flying around. We literally just put up those shiny twisty things and they still are trying to remedy above my door now. We are definitely getting an owl

@AbbottsAtHome Ай бұрын

I think it's harder to get rid of them once they have babies. They can't really move the babies so they stay no matter what. So sorry. Just be ready for next year with all of the deterrents. All of those babies are going to come to your house to build nests next year. Good luck!!

@jraydelatorre 23 күн бұрын

We have to wash it every day. We probably have dozens if not 30 or 40 barn, swallows, front and back of the home during the off-season after they migrate away, you can remove and clean the area where the nest was or is. That’s fine. They’ll rebuild it when they come back or they’ll ignore it and not use it and build somewhere else. They only sure far away to get rid of them or not have them is you have to take away shoulders ledges inside angles with places that can per take away their ability to nest and they will not come around.

@AbbottsAtHome 22 күн бұрын

That sounds horrible. Have you tried hanging netting to block them?

@randyspringborn9054 25 күн бұрын

A shiny hubcap hanging seems to be doing the job at my house. It twirls in the wind and I think the reflection of themselves scares them off.

@AbbottsAtHome 24 күн бұрын

Good idea!!

@angelar3045 Ай бұрын

They eat mosquitoes so I’m cool with them.

@AbbottsAtHome Ай бұрын

I love that too! They can live anywhere else on my property, just not my porches or outside of my bedrooms (they're LOUD) :)

@jraydelatorre 23 күн бұрын

Ours are afraid of nothing. I squirt them with the water hose when they fly by and they come right back they mingle and sing chirp chat or right along with my wife we will be outside sitting around and they’re right there sitting beside us on their little ledge, it’s the same Generation each year coming back. the babies this year will come back and make babies next year and then they’ll go back home and probably pass and you know in the next or latest generation Comes back and the life cycle continues, but by the time the young leaves their nest and perch where they grow for their first flight they are used to us. They’ve been sitting around with us the whole time and they’ll come back next year and greet us.😊

@glycomcdonald 17 күн бұрын

Also keep in mind that Barn Swallows eat horse flies, black widows, mosquitoes and winged termites.

@AbbottsAtHome 16 күн бұрын

Yep, they’re great big eaters. They can live anywhere else on my property, just not my house. 👍

@tammykotara82 Ай бұрын

I hate these damn birds!!! They are a pain in the ace

@AbbottsAtHome Ай бұрын

I like them, as long as they stay off my house. :) They eat a lot of mosquitos.

@thefitzs 21 күн бұрын

They are very good birds to have around, and their numbers have been declining.

@eddiethealbatross5734 18 күн бұрын

The mbta needs to be revoked at least for home owners. Crazy how people will refuse to listen to and follow the laws set so they can be decent drivers on the road but when people violate a 100 year old out dated treaty that was only put in place for hunters people scream and cry like babies. These birds are complete and utter nuisances. Protect actual humans over these obnoxious animals.

@TOTMGreenish-Top-Of-The-Morrin Ай бұрын

how do you call them dangerous 🦧 they fly around my head every time I go out on the patio never hurt me yet I think they are really cool but then I always wanted to be a bird

@AbbottsAtHome Ай бұрын

If you watch the video, I mention the risks of tracking their poop and bedding into your home. 👍

@TomCat-zo5ig Ай бұрын

Until you have piles of disgusting crap around your house you wont understand