Maybe you should just but a birdhouse nearby?

I was rooting for the birds. If they like that spot so much and work so hard to neighbours, they deserve a bird bath and feeder in their gated community.

I feel ya, OP. And might I humbly suggest....offering them their own tidy home, more attractive than your vent, and maybe a screen/sheet/panel to stop the poop from polluting your porch? Just needs occasional cleaning and the karma would be sweet.

I myself went with something similar 2 years back, but the pigeons were so stubborn that they keep on building the nest in any nook or corner they can find. Eventually I had to buy a plastic snake and hang it with a wire, that solved the problem and my frustration of 2 years. P.S. I don't hate birds, but the s**t and all other mess it becomes too much to ignore.

Poor birds. :(

Building some ledges on that adjoining wall probably would have kept from trying to get into the mesh to build their nests. They can't help it that the only surface in the sweet spot is the exhaust vent.

Surrender to your bird overlords

On the other hand, this could be a darn smart bird. The heat from the exhaust is what may have actually been attracting it for improved nesting conditions. Besides, it is being protected from wind gusts and not easily accesible to predators. Eliminate one or more of the attractive factors and the bird itself will vacate. The owl approach directly tackled the "accesible to predators" factor.

Plot twist: Dr. Who befriends the birds and opens the cage for them. The owner: F*** that, I'm moving out!

Looks like the bird ... flips him the bird

I wonder if any trees were demolished to make room for your house?

We people destroy bird habitat daily. They need all the help they can get, food and shelter. You can spray the area with the hose (1part bleach to 10parts water), toss the nest, of course, first) after they leave. They will be your friends. Whistle to them. Put bird feeders up! You'll fall in love!

This man is heartless. I understand wiring off the exhaust so it doesn't get damaged/fouled in. But, the rest of his efforts are downright cruel. Bird spikes cause a lot of injury to birds. This post was not funny. He was cruel and miserable.

Shoulda gotten a cat.

It's simple. Change the place for exhaust

Try me hooman hahahahaha

I had problems with Swallows making dirt nests above front door. We enjoyed it till we found out how much poop was created by 4 little baby birds. And stepping on it at 530 am when trying to get to work was just not going to work. End the end I taped ziploc bags with color matched brick tape and they never came back. I can understanding why there are just certain places birds should not nest.

y not just let them build theyr nest there?

Those mourning doves are annoying! I have a battle every spring with those darn things trying to build a nest right outside the bedroom windows in the eves. If they weren't so noisy and didn't sh*t everywhere, which for some weird reason the ants love - I wouldn't mind. But when they keep "cooing" loudly at o-dark-30 every morning, and the amount of nasty droppings on my porch - they had to go. I used peppermint spray (apparently, they hate the smell) but it doesn't last. I put up those bird spikes, (they did start a nest between the spikes), tennis balls with eyes in the place where they want to nest, and then filled it with aluminum foil balls. I think they finally got the message.

I figured out right away that the cage you built needed to go all the way to the ceiling. You could have saved yourself a lot of grief if you'd done it right the first time. I received this bit of advice from an old Native American by the name of Johnny Hits-Thumb-With-Hammer.

i would have just added spray foam i think

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Those were doves, not pidgeons! They come back to the same spot every year - my neighbor has had the same pair return year after year for I can't remember how long. Except for the bird s**t, they're wonderful little things and very pretty!

I like this post. I am especially interested in animal birds and their research, I write research on them on my website. https://www.discoveryandinvention.com/

The solution was to put a box beside where they liked to nest so they would go there, not make a huge mess and lose your mind.

Those morning doves are DEDICATED! I had a pair who came back five years in a row. I decided to embrace them (not literally) and named them Harry & Izzy (after a friend's restaurant). I named all of the babies. I cried like a lunatic when some big black monster bird came and ate a clutch one year. And I cried when I moved and had to take the (very expensive) ladder that they'd nested on for years with me. Didn't use that damn ladder for five years! LOL!!! I miss Harry and Izzy. I hope they're ok.

Neighbours complained to the housing office that I was feeding the pigeons. Office replied "Of course she is, we gave her the bird food. She's the only person who said yes to a trap" Cute birds got rehomed, racing pigeons got sent home. The council put up spikes, too skinny for wide ledges, pigeon security fences that helped nervous birds not to fall. Even got to see baby pigeons with little spiky hairdos, after birds got really sneaky and hid under an overhang so I didn't see the eggs til too late (had no idea when they were laid, so left them).

Arghhh! SUCK IT!!! You win... Here. Take the key to the main door... Me's a give up now!!!

I'm so Team Bird!

All he had to do was make a more appealing nest site near that. Still cover it, so the dove picks the easier site than a challenge

Hipocampelo: I've found doves to be so persistent that I've become fond of them. I even feed them.

Why not just make them a nice bird house close to the area? They are doing the best they can. Why begrudge them a place to live?

if birds are not harming you - let them be - a bird's nest is a beutiful thing

He should have put a few rows of bird spikes parallel to the back wall also. All the spikes he put in just made a tunnel for the birds.

With our first dog we had on of those eat dry food anytime and the birds kept eating out of it. Got a plastic owl and put it on top of the feeder, next day I looked out and not only still had birds eating the food but 1 was sitting on the owl. Good luck.

just let them build their f*****g nest then they will go

I'm surprised the birds weren't killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, especially when they built the nest inside the vent. I've found dead birds more than once inside dryer vents and chimney flues..