How to Deter Starlings Using the Best Products You Can Trust: Efficient Bird-Shock and Audio Deterrents

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Are you tired of starlings on your property? Sick of having to clean up after them? Here is how to control these noisy birds.

Due to their eating, nesting, and living habits, starlings can be a nuisance in urban as well as in rural areas. Thousands of starlings can overwhelm trees and buildings. Feces from starlings’ flocks can lead to structural damage. How do you get rid of starlings?

We have a great variety of working products and methods that will help you to resolve all starling problems. Learn about human, natural products that will make your starling control much more effective.

 

3 Steps Guide on How to Get Rid of Starlings

Starlings are a nuisance and can be a real problem for homeowners. They're noisy, they poop everywhere, and they'll eat your plants. They also carry diseases that can harm humans and pets.

Luckily, there's an easy way to get rid of starlings from your property without harming them or yourself! Here are 3 steps on how to get rid of starlings in the yard or garden, so you can reclaim your space back from these pesky birds.

STEP 1. Don't Give Them Food or Water

Step 1: STEP 1. Don't Give Them Food or WaterThe easiest way to get rid of starlings from your property is to take away their food and water sources. Starlings typically eat insects, but they'll also eat seeds, fruits, and grains. If you remove these food sources from your property, the starlings will have no choice but to leave.

This can be done by eliminating any feeders, birdbaths, or other sources of water on your property. If you have a garden, make sure to cover any fruits or vegetables that might be attracting them.

STEP 2. Restrict Nesting

Step 2: STEP 2. Restrict NestingYou can also prevent starlings from getting into your yard or garden by denying them access to food and water there. There are several ways to restrict the nesting of starlings in your yard:

  1. Install a fence or bird netting around your property to keep them out.
  2. Use Bird-shock deterrents.
  3. Apply repellent gels.

1. How to Modify Starlings’ Roosting Habits Using Bird Netting

Bird netting is the most efficient method for excluding starlings and is effective for all bird species. Bird netting creates an effective, physical barrier to prevent starlings from landing or nesting.

I suggest considering the following:

See More ImagesBird Barrier StealthNet Bird Net
Bird Barrier StealthNet
  • This 2″ x 2″ bird net is working, versatile bird exclusion system. The product effectively denies starlings’ access to any architectural configuration.
  • Where to use: At any opening or building configuration, any enclosed or semi-enclosed area, where starlings are to be excluded.
  • Installation: StealthNet can be installed in any way – horizontally, vertically – necessary to accomplish the task of closing off access to unwanted starlings and other pest birds.
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See More ImagesBird B Gone 3/4-Inch Net
Bird-B-Gone Garden Bird Netting Mesh
  • This ¾″ net is used to humanely block birds like starlings from entering unwanted areas.
  • Effectiveness: Effective for starlings and large birds.
  • Installation: Can be installed in industrial, commercial, and residential areas including: canopies, eaves, rooftops, garages, warehouses, bridges etc.
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2. The Bird-Shock Starling Deterrent You Need to Know

See More ImagesBird Barrier Bird-Shock Flex-Track Deterrent
Bird Barrier Bird-Shock Flex-Track
  • It is a low profile ledge deterrent system that is really effective against all bird species including starlings. This safest electrical track system that works by producing a mild electrical shock when starlings land on its surface.
  • Safety: The shock simply teaches birds to stay away. It’s painful, but will not hurt starlings.
  • Benefits: The product is long-lasting, humane, and virtually invisible.
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Screamers and Bird Bombs often have success in relocating starlings when combined with visual frightening devices – Scare Eye Balloons, Flash Tape, or Octopus – and lights.

3. Top 2 Efficient Starling Repellent Gels

See More ImagesBird Proof Repellent Gel by Bird-X
Bird-X Bird Proof Repellent Gel
  • It is a safe bird repellent gel that can effectively deter starlings. The product is made of all natural, food-grade ingredients. Gel is just as easy to remove as it is to apply: Just wipe surfaces clean with water and soap and water.
  • Where to use: at long, exposed ledges, signs, parapets, pipes and beams.
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See More ImagesTransparrent Bird Gel
Bird-B-Gone Transparent Bird Gel
  • It is a repellent liquid that keeps pest birds like starlings from landing or roosting on any surface.
  • Where to use: on indoor or outdoor surfaces where starlings are landing.
  • Features: The product creates a sticky surface that starlings can’t stand.
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Product Benefits:

  • Virtually invisible.
  • Lasts up to six months outdoors.
  • Superfast and easy to install.
Starling repellent gels and liquids can be effectively applied to many surfaces. However, it is often difficult to protect every surface across a wide area or on a large property. For extended coverage, it is recommended to use companion products such as sonic repellers, bird spikes, and visual scares.

STEP 3. Scare Starlings Away

Step 3: STEP 3. Scare Starlings AwayThere are several methods you can use to scare them away, including scarecrows, loud noises, and flashing lights. You can also install predator decoys around your property to make it look like predators are lurking around.

One of the most long-proven methods in starling control is the use of audio systems. These products combine electronic and natural sounds – distress calls, shotgun sounds, and predator attack/hunting sequences.

Audio deterrents can effectively control noisy starlings.

I suggest using the following:

See More ImagesBirdXPeller PRO
BirdXPeller Pro Electronic Bird Repeller
  • BirdXPeller PRO – sonic bird control that uses a variety of predator cries and bird distress call to disorient and confuse starlings and other birds.
  • For starling control use Version 1.
  • Recommended for use in outdoor areas.
  • Effectively repels starlings at loading docks and transportation platforms.
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Starlings: Basic Information

Starlings identificationIdentification: Starlings may be confused with the Blackbirds, but the shorter tail and shape of the wings help to distinguish them. Adults have a spangled-with-small-pale-spots breast and brightly colored plumage, the color of which is derived from the structure of the feathers.

Distribution: In fact, the only habitat starlings don’t typically occupy is the driest sandy deserts. The family is present over the majority of Africa, Europe, and Asia and is naturally absent from large parts of Australia and from the Americas. European Starling is widespread in much of North America.

Europrean starlings distribution

Habitat: Starlings prefer scattered-trees areas, including gardens and parks. They are often seen in cities, roosting on buildings and in trees.

Starlings have a repertoire of about 20 different imitations.

Reproduction: Starlings nest in isolated pairs. The nest – a loose cup-shaped accumulation of leaves, stems, and other plant material – is situated in trees, nest boxes, buildings, and even in holes in the ground. Both sexes incubate for 12 or 13 days.

Common Problems

Whether eating your garden in the summer or invading your town in the winter, starlings can be quite destructive and bothersome birds. As far as these speckled birds live in agricultural areas and cities, they typically build nests in gutters. These birds are considered pests due to all the big problems they cause, especially near urban roosts and around livestock facilities.

Damage caused by starlings can be controlled by various methods.
Remember, these birds can be excluded from buildings if there are no larger-than-one-inch openings.

The problems most people may experience are the following:

  • Starling problemsDamage to crops – starlings are well known for damaging crops by eating seeds, fruit and grains.
  • Large quantities of waste – this usually result in repair costs and expensive clean-up.
  • Disease risk – starlings can transfer disease from one livestock facility to another. The virus can be transmitted on vehicles, boots, or already infected livestock.
  • Noise – the birds are extremely loud.

In Conclusion

The starlings are frustrating and they’re back! Here’s how to get rid of them. I hope you found this helpful because we know it can be a pain to deal with these pesky birds on your property.

The key to successfully managing problems with these birds is to stop the starling problem before it becomes a major challenge.

Effective methods that improve success include:

  • Starting early before, starlings form a strong attraction to the site.
  • Being persistent until the problem is solved.
  • Use a variety of techniques.

For maximum success in your starling control efforts, we recommend using a multisensory attack – the interaction of 2 or more products – that will make the entire area inhospitable to starlings, forcing them to find a new habitat.

Follow the steps outlined in this blog post and reclaim your space from those pesky starlings by following our 3-step strategy for getting rid of them once and for all.

We’ll see you next time!

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EDITED BY
Inga Cryton
I have been working on pest extermination information for a long time and am excited to share this information with you. I also provide product recommendations for my favorite pest extermination products.
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  1. Because my is rented, i think to hire a wildlife professional to a fairly thorough job to an extensive invasion of birds that have been inside soffits, etc with many nests…Expensive ( $ 1800.00 ) , but peace of mind…What do you advise?

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