The little nook of our driveway where we park the Benzes is right below a telephone wire. Birds like to sit up there, and well, we have to get the garden hose out and clean up the roof and trunk sometimes. Is there something that can be applied to the telephone wires like spikes or something so that birds will not land and use our MBs as toilets?
-Joe

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Sooner or later every car falls apart, ours does it later!
-German Narrator in a MB Promotion Film about the then brand new W123.

A fake Hawk?

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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

We had a similar problem and solved it by leaving food (bread crumbs, pop corn, etc) every few days about 30’ away from the cars are parked. The birds elected to hang out above where we leave the food so no more bird droppings on the cars.

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...Tracy

'00 ML320 "Casper"
'92 400E "Stella"

Some sort of a fake bird of prey closeby and in sight should scare off most birds except crows which are too smart of a bird to fall for that trick.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

http://www.birdbarrier.com/

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The BART system in SF had problems with pidgeons messing up their Contra Costa stations, so they tried the plastic owls/falcons, tried the spiked strips on the overhangs, tried the tape recordings of birds of prey calls, even tried the "catch & release" method . . . and each time the birds showed who actually had the "bird brains."

Just remove the insulation from the wire.

Hmm...25,000 volts through a pair of heavy duty wire strippers....sounds like a REALLY BAD dare.

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1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

Well, oughtta keep the birds off, don't you think?

It'll keep the birds off....and toasted snacks for your pets

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

Might end-up with dead squirles instead.

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Ray
1998 Mercedes E320, 200K Miles
2001 Acura 3.2TL, 178K Miles
1992 Chevy Astro, 205K Miles

Won't work...............no ground path................you see birds sitting all day ling on the High Tension lines............strip the insulation on the line to the house and wait to see what happens next time it rains......or for those where it happens Ice or snow.

Besides that they would short together......all 4 of the wires from pole to house.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

That's some sort of PHONE wire you got there.....Perhpas you could remove the wire and go cellular....I'm partial to the food elsewhere trick...That sounds like a good/easy one...

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Rob M
Norwich, VT USA
1980 240D Euro delivery 4 speed manual silver/blue
~160K miles

If you run a tight piece 12lb test fishing line in areas that bird like to perch it should take care of the problem.