Vulture Problem

[Fighting Conch]

I could use some advice. When I got home from work yesterday there were 30 or 40 vultures out behind my back yard clustered in a couple of trees. It was like a Hitchcock movie, my wife did not like it and the dog was freaked out. We live close to Lake Iamonia and I suppose with the change in the weather and winds coming up the birds were looking for shelter. I certainly do not want a vulture roost, if they return is there something I can do to get them to move on? I am in a subdivision so shooting is not an option.

[Jumptrout51]

The most effective method would be posting a NO VULTURES ALLOWED sign at the base of the tree.

[FUTCHCAIRO]

HA HA HA HA, JT THINKS THAT EVERYBODY AND THING IS EDUCATED IN HIS COLLEGE TOWN.
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SEMPER FI

[Dubble Trubble]

Quit cleaning fish in the back yard?

Dubble

[RalphKramden2011]

I thought Florida's new protection law allows shooting to kill if you feel threatened?

[RalphKramden2011]

On second thought it's probably just a Democrap meeting!

[lonesouth]

I would shoot them if it is a really persistent problem. Bird shot is virtually harmless on a free fall, nothing like a bullet on an arch.

Course, if you kill them, only more will show up to eat the fallen. Its a vicious cycle.

Or, you could cut down the trees...

[wevans]

Just walk out there close to em and let loose with one of them air horns it shouldn't take many times for em ta get the idea

[SHOWBOAT]

get a bigger dog...

I'll loan you one if you want

[red_yakker]

http://youtu.be/mxiZxN1IN0U
You could take a lesson from the Chinese. Apparently they take their pest control pretty seriously. I doubt your subdivision restrictions mention flamethrowers specifically.

[Sir reel]

It's only a temporary situation. They aren't going to start nesting there.

[CSMarine]

Red,
Birds seem to have a short memory. I'm going through kinda the same thing, the wood peckers (not sure what kind of bird, about two inches tall, smaller than a sparrow) are eating my house. I have cedar siding, and the little pecker heads love it. Got holes all over the house where they have pecked holes in it. Tried everything, even shooting them. Kill one and two show up the next day to resume pecking the hole. I have tried the noise thing but they come back 15 minutes later.
When your inside the house, and they start pecking the sound is amplified by 10. Sounds like a M-60 machine gun firing. Makes an ole Veteran like me have flashbacks! Got to duck and cover under the coffee table before I realize what it is.)

[kikstand454]

Vultures are fairly smart so doing the airhorn thing a few times should give them the what for. Wouldn't be surprised if they weren't hanging around because of the low levels @ your lake...looking for an easy meal.

The cedar siding problem can prolly be solved by getting one of those swallowtail kite decoys with the moving wings. That will solve almost any bird problem.
Be careful shooting those smallish birds...especially if you think they are woodpeckers. They are highly protected.

[MarkM]

I read about a buzzard problem on another site a week or two ago. I have no answer. But, I don't think a buzzard will eat another buzzard. As far as woodpeckers goes. do you think they looking for carpenter bee larvae. If so, that's another problem. Ask me how I know?

[fishinfool]

Fireworks are effective. Bottle rockets with a report can be aimed relatively well. Firecrackers work if the birds are fairly close. Vultures are mostly docile and do not like confrontation. If they feel threatened they will move on. They can be shooed fairly easily.