Wattle Birds- is there any way to shut them up?

[elusiveeditions]

Thought there might be some fresh ideas here, because I tell you- we're all out.

For the past 2 years we've had wattle birds waking us up at dawn, and it's peak squawking time now that spring has sprung.

It's the most annoying sound I've ever heard- beats a screaming baby by miles. At least you can attempt to DO something with a screaming baby. Nothing works on wattle birds, they just keep doing it. That noise waking you daily is a mild bform of torture.

Best method so far is the hose- I won't go through the almost-clinical trials I did last year, but I got it down to 2 hose-blasts and 15 mins. This year, I decided to be less insane and not let it bother me so much.

But, it's bothering me. The big male one started at 5.38am this morning and I know from my testing last year that it'll get earlier, and go for longer. Apart from 1) removing all trees and 2) an air rifle (am friggin' tempted)- has anyone had any success with getting rid of them? I can't be the only person copping this!

[lloydslights]

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@go-tazz wrote:

If you've got a few old CD's or DVD's just hang a few of those up,(once it becomes light they reflect and it

seems to confuse them and they take off).

It works when put in fruit trees so this might be no different,

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Actually, as a shift worker in the past, I used to find that a constant background of music nearby whilst going to sleep, helps to "block out" any interfering noises and the rest of the family's "going about their usual routine" noise.

DEB

[lloydslights]

The first time I heard a peacock, about 250 metres away, I thought was a child caught in a precarious position and was wailing slowly and painfully:

"Marm...... marm....... marm" 

Because nobody seemed to help the child, I went down to the other farmlet to assist!!!!

Spoiler

Ended up having a nice afternoon tea with the newfound neighbour

 DEB

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

[bright.ton42]

Send your maggies over to me, it's the best music in the world imo, lol

[cat_mioux]

Oh so it's a wattle bird that woke me up last summer at 6am every morning (shift worker here).

I bought ear plugs. Worked for me 🙂

[raptor_rebooted]

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@cat_mioux wrote:

Oh so it's a wattle bird that woke me up last summer at 6am every morning (shift worker here).

I bought ear plugs. Worked for me 🙂

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would you still be able to 

hear a smoke alarm?

[tasfleur]

[happyhomesbuildinggroup]

I can relate to your annoyance! To me the wattle bird screech is like a cracked record at high volume! For those saying we should enjoy it, then clearly you haven't heard these so & so's year after year, ALL hours day & night, & haven't been sleep deprived by them! I have!
I'm considering a spud gun next...

[gem-boy-g]

ear muffs

[minniesandra]

Hi, yes 5:17am this morning! I am going to Bunnings today to try & buy a 'Whites 330mm solar powered pest control owl' your article made me laugh through shared experience whilst searching online for help at 5:30am. Ear plugs are useless, I'm going to buy earmuffs too. I love birds, trees nature etc but this bird is terrible in the tree outside my bedroom window!