ha ,, i wouldn't mind that problem right now.... no blues in my nestbox yet

I agree with the previous post that I would not mind blue birds pooping on my truck or car at all. Just wash your car more often and enjoy the fact that a nearly extinct beautiful bird is pooping on your car. Most of us on this forum would love to have your problem.

This forum is for those of us who love these little blue baby's survive by going to great lengths to protect them. They were nearly extinct because they have so many predators to compete with in the wild and the fact that we humans encroach on the wild animals habitat by taking away more and more land of the land they live in for our ever expanding out of control population and greed. Are you sure they are blue birds and not swallows because they can look alike to the untrained birder eye. However both blue birds and swallows are welcome to poop all over my truck, because the swallow eats a ton of mosquitoes and are also beautiful birds to have around. You can tell if they are swallows by watching them in flight, if you cannot see the color difference in the two birds, swallows have bluish purple shiny wings. The best way to know if it is a swallow is to look at them in flight , there wings look like a boomerang and they will fly around in the same area if there is a good bug hatch on to feed. The blue bird male is very very blue and they tend to dart from place to place feeding on bugs in the air and often on the ground.

If your interested in keeping your car clean from a bird that is so loved and protected by so many people all over the country than I would say you have come to the wrong forum. My answer is, as a blue bird lover is enjoy these nearly endangered, friendly, beautiful bird with a song that is so sweet and long to be heard by us here on this forum every year. Put up some blue bird houses if you can on your land and enjoy them instead of trying to keep them from pooping on your cars. We can wash the poop of of the very thing that is nearly making the blue bird and many other species in the wild extinct. Enjoy nature and its creatures and beauty now because it may not be there for long.
Im sorry to make this post so long and I may come across as a tree hugging democrat. Not true at all, I have been hunting and fishing all my life own guns legally, and love to be out in the woods away from people with my dogs running off leash where they are the happiest. But over the years these wooded areas got smaller and smaller because us humans have exploded in numbers. We build houses in the woods but call 911 when they see a bear or a coyote in the back yard and immediately want them killed because they want to live in the country but do not want there kids getting attacked by a wild animal that has most likely made the land that was taken away from them by a human there hunting feeding grounds for years and years. And of course the wild animal always loses in the long run. OMG I just got myself all worked up on this subject. I apologize, but I guess you may get the drift that I am for protecting the birds that pooping on your car rather than chasing them away. UH, yah I went a little to far but just wash your cars and enjoy nature while we have it to enjoy.

Gina

put you car in the garage. you just signed up May 15, leads me to believe you are just trying to get reactions.

I've experienced the same issue and will not attack you. I have numerous pairs nesting on my property and several near the house spend countless hours fluttering against the rear view mirrors of the cars in the driveway. I guess they are responding to a territorial instinct. The doors of the cars eventually look like they've been splashed with white paint. I've found if I move the cars to another area in the driveway it seems to appease them. I thought about putting bags over the mirrors while parked. I think you can love and protect both the birds and your car. Good luck.

6 years ago I added 12 bluebird boxes to the property at work. I have 2 pair of bluebirds and a lot of tree swallows. The bluebirds started to bother our cars. So i tried to figure out why the birds were using our cars. My way of distracting the male was to build the attached photo. I mirror post. He uses it to fight with and he uses it as a hunting post. I have seen how they like to sit in trees and dead flower stalks to hunt for food. He seems to love it. He is not bothering our cars anymore and he is not attaching the building windows either. I have talked with a couple birding people and no one can really find anything wrong with the mirror post. Maybe this will help some people. This year we have had 2 clutches of bluebirds and one pair is back on eggs now.

I need to know if they are hurting themselves when attacking mirrors...

By the way the mean comments are pure ignorance. This is a real problem and many in the country don't have garages. I love the birds, I don't want them fighting with the mirror and worrying they are hurting themselves. He asked for ideas and if you didn't have any you didn't need to attack him. There is enough ugliness workout that.

Birds used to run into the windows of my parent's sunroom all the time & it was so upsetting. There are decals/stickers you can put on Windows/mirrors so they won't see their reflection. I get a bird catalog called Duncraft & I think it has these.

BTW, Wendy, did you happen to go to Auburn?

My daughter went to Auburn!