Last time I cleaned the Ibiza I came out a few days later to find the wing mirror had been poo'd all over by a passing winged menace.

Thinking back to the time before that when i cleaned the car i also ended up with bird poo all over the mirror and door shortly after.

Unlucky coincidence surely?

 

well given the pleasant weather at the moment the car got a wash yesterday and once again leaving work i find this

 

 

however the "poo" on the mirror doesn't appear to actually be poo (unless some seriously vigorous flight based arse wiping has been going on!)

 

 

 

Any idea why my nice clean mirror is being treated as a birdy bidet?

Did it fly into your mirror then **** itself?

 

We often get imprints of birds on our windows.

 

Not the cleverest of animals apart from crows and parrots

Edited 7 April, 201511 yr by Aspman

Never mind.

A quick Google say they are either horny or territorial and are either trying to hump or fight their own reflections

 

 

 

yahoo answers' class to way to stop it "cover your wing mirror with a sock"

 

As if people at work don;t think i'm odd enough already 

Owls are supposed to be quite wise.

 

& Ospreys 'trying to nest!!'

appear to be possibly able to stop T in the Park going ahead while wealthy & supposedly intelligent Media Savvy Incomers were failing.

Edited 7 April, 201511 yr by goneoffSKi

I'm sorry, I can be of no help. But I have enjoyed laughing at your predicament Baffling :think:

Fold them in so they can't see the reflection

Fold them in so they can't see the reflection

Sometimes the simplest answer

however the "poo" on the mirror doesn't appear to actually be poo (unless some seriously vigorous flight based arse wiping has been going on!)

 

Looks like the bird flew straight into the mirror and promptly crapped itself!

Birds are filthy. I've hit one in my train before and they're practically made of dust.

Birds are filthy. I've hit one in my train before and they're practically made of dust.

That made a very miserable man laugh. Thank you!

Tits...... Just wanted to say that!

It's the blue tits having a scrap with your wing mirror. They used to do it to the cars parked next to the hedge in the works car park.

Move your car away from their nest area/hedge/etc.

Edited 9 April, 201511 yr by MrCellotape

Does your car not have a Cat on it? or is it a diesel?     See what I did there?

 

 

 

 

coat on and out the door...............

I have a set of House sparrows nesting in the loft, getting in between the tiles. Result = bonnet covered in bird poo. But a wing mirror messed up, or a bonnet covered in poo . Not as bad as one driver I knew back in my youth. Way back in the 60's approx, we had a bank close by ,complete with a very portly bank manager ( who didn't drive, and wife who did). He spent hour washing and polishing their ROVER 2000 status symbol . One Sunday, he spent hours washing it and then a good coat of polish. He retired for bacon ,eggs etc, to rush out shortly after when he heard a series of loud thumps. Local crofters ( in highland village) often let their sheep ( and Rams) wander around. it was mating season ,and ram saw the reflection of (what it thought was a rival) in the door panel of car. Woosh, thump/bang and rival was defeated, as was the driver's door of status symbol .

IF you liked my last post- then sympathise with an old bloke in my youth who had a Triumph Vitesse, with a soft top. Our local SEAGULLS loved the stitching on the roof ,and he'd come back to find lots of cut stitches.

I had the same problem with hooded crows attacking the car mirrors and the windscreen wipers. They also attacked the house windows and pecked at the rubber seals. Apparently its territorial during the mating season as you've discovered. Sunny days with reflections are when it happens mostly.

I tried all kinds of ways to stop them. Plastic bags tied around the wipers/mirrors helps, but doubt if it looks any less daft than socks!

For the house the only thing that deterred them was cuddly toys with beady eyes placed close to the windows, it seemed to scare them off when even my dogs couldn't.

I had a bird 5h1t on my bonnet once.

...Never took her out again.

Those who've had bird s attack parts of cars are lucky. I used to live in a small Highland village ,in crofting country = sheep are left to roam. They do - fence a bit low- you've got a flock in the garden decimating the flower beds. Dog out for a walk, as they did in olden days up there - it was at risk of being savaged by sheep or Rams. One proud car crazy banker owned a Rover 2000 ,in the days when only bank managers could afford them. It only did a few miles a week ,and every Sunday, he spent hours washing/waxing & polishing it .You could see your face in it- as did one Ram - who thought it was a competitor for his flock of ewes. Challenge was issued and battle commenced . Two strikes later and Rover had a severely dented door.

Those who've had bird s attack parts of cars are lucky. I used to live in a small Highland village ,in crofting country = sheep are left to roam. They do - fence a bit low- you've got a flock in the garden decimating the flower beds. Dog out for a walk, as they did in olden days up there - it was at risk of being savaged by sheep or Rams. One proud car crazy banker owned a Rover 2000 ,in the days when only bank managers could afford them. It only did a few miles a week ,and every Sunday, he spent hours washing/waxing & polishing it .You could see your face in it- as did one Ram - who thought it was a competitor for his flock of ewes. Challenge was issued and battle commenced . Two strikes later and Rover had a severely dented door.

YouTube: angry ram. That is all.