Singing bird at 2am

Devon

For about 2 or 3 weeks now, a small bird has decided to take up residence in a tree outside a private apartment complex that I live in.

It sings, and sings, and sings.. until about 5 or 6am and has prevented a lot of us residents from sleeping because it's so damn loud when it's the only sound that can be heard.

The council and the management company both say there's nothing they can do.

Our complex is C shaped, so everyone can see the damn thing, but throwing things at it just makes it fly away... and then come back again.

Folks. Please. Help!

Statso

Shoot it.

Devon

Statso wrote: »

Shoot it.

A tad illegal? Aren't they protected? Oh and I can't find my Colt 45.

skelliser

Devon wrote: »

For about 2 or 3 weeks now, a small bird has decided to take up residence in a tree outside a private apartment complex that I live in.

private apartment complex you say! WELL HOLY GOD!

Ruu_Old

Mr.Chainsaw should be a great help.

Devon

skelliser wrote: »

private apartment complex you say! WELL HOLY GOD!

Oh... OH.... OOOOHHHHHHH...... I get you..

It's such a pity I can't just politely ask it to fcuk off.

Any other takers?

skelliser

maybe YOU need to get out of the birds way... eh..eh never thought of that, did you!;)

maybe the bird is trying to tell you something, maybe it loves you and wants to give you a big hug



my apologies, im kinda drunk

Devon

Well at least you'll sleep well! Oh for a black widow slingshot...

skelliser wrote: »

maybe YOU need to get out of the birds way... eh..eh never thought of that, did you!;)

maybe the bird is trying to tell you something, maybe it loves you and wants to give you a big hug



my apologies, im kinda drunk

JæKæ

what kind of bird? Have you seen it?
Is the tree it nests in climbable? Get up there and pull its nest apart a bit.
When I was camping in a back yard in Melbourne, a really annoying bird used to start at 5.30 or whenever the sun started to come up. This was an unreal annoying noise it made, hated the thing. I had to get up at that time every day to chuck a stone at it. It sent him away that day-but he returned every morning without fail.

Devon

JæKæ wrote: »

what kind of bird? Have you seen it?
Is the tree it nests in climbable? Get up there and pull its nest apart a bit.
When I was camping in a back yard in Melbourne, a really annoying bird used to start at 5.30 or whenever the sun started to come up. This was an unreal annoying noise it made, hated the thing. I had to get up at that time every day to chuck a stone at it. It sent him away that day-but he returned every morning without fail.

There's no nest there. I've been on Google and it looks like it's a Robin singing for a mate. Apparently it's the right time of year for it. Something tells me it's going to go ehhh... "missing" if this keeps up.

Dr. Loon

Yes, destroy nature.

Devon

Dr. Loon wrote: »

Yes, destroy nature.

OK - Suggest something? I NEED sleep y'know?

Spook_ie

Devon wrote: »

OK - Suggest something? I NEED sleep y'know?

Buy some feckin earplugs and leave the poor bugger alone, bet he doesn't complain when you come home singin after a night at the pub!!

MEH, Soak some bread in rat poison FTW.

Devon

Spook_ie wrote: »

Buy some feckin earplugs and leave the poor bugger alone, bet he doesn't complain when you come home singin after a night at the pub!!

This one goes on the "Maybe" pile. I'd still prefer to get rid of it though. Maybe I'll be able to think clearly when I've had some much needed sleep.

Devon

Papa Smut wrote: »

MEH, Soak some bread in rat poison FTW.

I didn't think I'd be laughing out loud at 6am this morning but you've proved me wrong.

:D:D

worded

I would swap your singing bird for the nightmare we are faced with. At least once in 48 hours we get sirens from police and ambulances piercing through the walls or alarms from cars and apartments going off where I am. During the summer there are a group of sea gulls which are really so vocal.

The best ear plugs Ive ever used are joined by a string and made of a soft material @ one euros a pop Theres a lock smith up from the companys office on "upper upper O’Connell st" - will look up the street address for you later.

One little bird singing for a few weeks is nothing. Killing that cute little bird would be a very selfish thing to do.

Now are there any KFCs open now Im hungry.

worded

Ive googled "get a mate for a bird" to look for another possible answer ....

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070730121129AATdhto

Put a ladder and mirror up the road in someone elses tree thats out of ear
shot?

Hope this helps.

marcsignal

Devon wrote: »

It sings, and sings, and sings.. until about 5 or 6am and has prevented a lot of us residents from sleeping because it's so damn loud when it's the only sound that can be heard.
Folks. Please. Help!

Ok OP, I know you'll laugh you're ass off, because this is gonna sound nuts, however.

Record the bird singing, and play it back out the window of your apartment at a louder volume. Ok you wont be popular with your neighbours, but it may frighten it away. If its a male bird, he might think it's another, bigger, male in the area and bugger off.
(Having said that, if it's a female, you're bollixed, you know the way women love to natter )

I had the same problem with magpies cawing in a tree outside my window a few years back and it worked a treat, seriously, they f*cked off immediateally

And I say again, this is not a wind up !

biko

Ask for bird deterrent in a hunting store.
It's a silhouette of an owl or bird of prey, or a cat
You can make one yourself too.

Put in tree. It'll keep small birds away.

boneless

It sounds like a robin staking out a territory all right. It could also have something to do with the lighting in the area. Is there a bright lamp near the tree he took up a roost in? Birds get confused by our modern ways of lighting up the night and think it's still day time.

If the latter is the case the poor wee bugger must be knackered!!

Schlemm

Lol, we've had the same problem the last while. Twould drive you MAD alright! The birds wouldn't start to sing until about 12 or 2 in the night, and would go on until about 5 or 6. And then just the odd tweet during the day. But once you decided to go to bed they'd be at it full throttle! Just in the winter, never in the summer. It was like something out of Shakespeare, ya know when something really bad is about to happen and nature starts acting funny. But it does keep you awake, even after a heavy night's drinking I'd be lying awake in bed at half 4 listening to this bird. We just learned to live with it eventually, but the worst was when this really weird bird decided to join in one year and you'd be lying there in the middle of the night listening to it go 'whoOOOOOOOOOOt, whooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT, whoohotohtowot' I nearly lost it that year but you eventually learn to cope with these peculiarities.
Bleedin global warming IMO.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Maybe the bird lived there before a property developer levelled his (the birds) home and built you a dog box of an apartment.

Level the thing alone, rejoice in its happiness.

Overheal

get a cat. ffs.

also: if theres lighting in the area and its a private estate? Its simple: have the lights shut off in that area.

tallaght01

put a mousetrap with a dead worm in it up the tree

Pj!

I go with shoot it. Borrow a silenced .22 to do the job.

Had to shoot a magpie at half 4 in the mornin a few months back. Bastard wouldnt frighten away from the food the dog hadnt eaten. Noisy prick he was as well...

daiixi

Forky wrote: »

I go with shoot it. Borrow a silenced .22 to do the job.

Had to shoot a magpie at half 4 in the mornin a few months back. Bastard wouldnt frighten away from the food the dog hadnt eaten. Noisy prick he was as well...

Why didn't you just take away the food that the dog hadn't eaten? Save yourself and the bird a lot of trouble.

Pj!

It was like half 4 in the mornin. Id have to put on some clothes and walk downstairs and stuff.
And I was quite angry with it at the time. It could have come back the next morning.

Magpies are scum birds anyway.

ergonomics

Just buy a pair of bloody ear plugs instead of looking for a reason to interfere with nature. Don't put it on the 'maybe' pile. They work and you know it so don't be ignorant and just buy a pair.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

nature was already interfered with plenty when the complex he lives in was built. one more bird isn't going to break natures heart.

ergonomics

True but why look for a reason to kill a bird or get rid of it when he could just buy a pair of earplugs?

thefinalstage

Devon wrote: »

For about 2 or 3 weeks now, a small bird has decided to take up residence in a tree outside a private apartment complex that I live in.

It sings, and sings, and sings.. until about 5 or 6am and has prevented a lot of us residents from sleeping because it's so damn loud when it's the only sound that can be heard.

The council and the management company both say there's nothing they can do.

Our complex is C shaped, so everyone can see the damn thing, but throwing things at it just makes it fly away... and then come back again.

Folks. Please. Help!

Three things.

1. You actually asked the council to do something about the bird? Man, Mrs. Bucket or what?

2. The bird has done nothing at all wrong.

3. Why did you have to mention you lived in a private apartment block?

Ciaran500

Close your window?

Devon

1. Yep. They were pruning trees outside and I asked them to do the one on the inside of our development.

2. True.

3. Because the council told me they could prune the tree if it was a public apartment block. I wanted to try and give as much info as possible on my post so I could get an informed reply.

May I step down now your honour?

thelastangryman wrote: »

Three things.

1. You actually asked the council to do something about the bird? Man, Mrs. Bucket or what?

2. The bird has done nothing at all wrong.

3. Why did you have to mention you lived in a private apartment block?

The_Conductor

Nip up to Woodies and buy a saw?

Spook_ie

Leave the Robin Alone! yer all thugs.....

Move to another country where they don't have Robins, maybe Siberia or the Antartic

Alter-Ego

Like many of lifes problems, this one can be solved by buying a big box of cats.

Sonnenblumen

Devon wrote: »

For about 2 or 3 weeks now, a small bird has decided to take up residence in a tree outside a private apartment complex that I live in.

It sings, and sings, and sings.. until about 5 or 6am and has prevented a lot of us residents from sleeping because it's so damn loud when it's the only sound that can be heard.

The council and the management company both say there's nothing they can do.

Our complex is C shaped, so everyone can see the damn thing, but throwing things at it just makes it fly away... and then come back again.

Folks. Please. Help!

I could give you Louis Walsh phone nr?

empirix

get a life and leave the damn bird alone, what about you moving into a complex which was probably scattered(if not a forest!) with trees where all the birds sang freely - didnt think about that did you you selfish bstard!!!

pipsss

Devon wrote: »

For about 2 or 3 weeks now, a small bird has decided to take up residence in a tree outside a private apartment complex that I live in.

It sings, and sings, and sings.. until about 5 or 6am and has prevented a lot of us residents from sleeping because it's so damn loud when it's the only sound that can be heard.

The council and the management company both say there's nothing they can do.

Our complex is C shaped, so everyone can see the damn thing, but throwing things at it just makes it fly away... and then come back again.

Folks. Please. Help!

jesus you obviously havnt got much to worry about !!!!! ffs get a life prick!
youre probably one of those people who ring up tv stations with complaints about old people being victimised on ads about mobile phones!

Tazz T

He's not singing, he's protesting about all the human filth that's moved into the area.

'chirp chirp, chiirrpy-chirp'

Roughly translated: 'Hell no, we won't go.'

Karoma

pipsss banned for Personal Abuse.

ed: empirix too. If it was intended to be humorous, it should have been funnier.

Terry

empirix wrote: »

get a life and leave the damn bird alone, what about you moving into a complex which was probably scattered(if not a forest!) with trees where all the birds sang freely - didnt think about that did you you selfish bstard!!!

pipsss wrote: »

jesus you obviously havnt got much to worry about !!!!! ffs get a life prick!
youre probably one of those people who ring up tv stations with complaints about old people being victimised on ads about mobile phones!

Both banned for personal abuse.

Terry

Karoma wrote: »

pipsss banned for Personal Abuse.

ed: empirix too. If it was intended to be humorous, it should have been funnier.

Heh.

bushy...

Sonnenblumen wrote: »

I could give you Louis Walsh phone nr?

Which bit made you think of that ?

"It sings, and sings, and sings.."

"everyone can see the damn thing, but throwing things at it just makes it fly away... and then come back again."

"The council and the management company both say there's nothing they can do."

thefinalstage

pipsss wrote: »

jesus you obviously havnt got much to worry about !!!!! ffs get a life prick!

Ahem...:cool:

Buy a white noise machine. There ya go.

Terry

Teach it sign language.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

stick estebancambias in the tree with a big sign that reads 'i hate timothy mcveigh'. just make sure you buy bulletproof windows.

Mordeth

Mordeth wrote: »

stick estebancambias in the tree with a big sign that reads 'i hate timothy mcveigh'. just make sure you buy bulletproof windows.

I thought he loved mcveigh

eldeabroad

pics or it didnt happen tbh :rolleyes:

Black Swan

OP: Did you give her the bird?