My mother, living on Tamborine Mountain (inland from the Gold Coast) had a
2-car garage with corrugated iron roof, no ceiling, and open under the
eaves. Swallows nested above her car, and their droppings made a mess on
the car and the floor. I solved that problem quite simply: bought a plastic
snake from a toy-shop and draped it over a beam near the nest. (Not while
they had nestlings, of course.) No more swallows in the garage.
However, some time later I gave the snake to a friend in Capertee Valley who
had swallow trouble. They ignored it. (NSW swallows are smarter?)
BTW, on a rare visit to Cairns, 20 plus years ago, I noted a swallows nest
with chicks on the outside of a building. And at night the parents were
feeding the chicks from the large number of insects attracted to the street
light opposite the nest. They really had it made! (North Qld swallows are
even smarter?)
Cheers
Syd
> From: Carl Clifford <>
> Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 14:27:16 +1100
> To: John Leonard <>
> Cc: Birding-aus <>
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Swallows frequenting old nests
>
> Over some 15 years, while living in Dubbo, NSW, Welcome Swallows would
> regularly nest in the carparks below the two small shopping malls in
> the main street. After nesting they used the piping for the fire
> sprinkler systems and other projections from the ceiling of the
> carpark as roosts. The mall owners tried many ploys to dissuade the
> Swallows, but to no avail. The birds no doubt helped with the sale of
> car cleaning products in the town.
>
> Carl Clifford
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