Now they're using our technology against us!

[BeBMan]

https://twitter.com/NativeSantaCruz/status/1677850863891795972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1677850863891795972%7Ctwgr%5E4f9e4bbb8607c5db9e9bd7531cdb09e8c1c744e4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2023%2Fjul%2F12%2Fsea-otter-surfing-santa-cruz-california

...and...

In cities around the world, anti-bird spikes are used to protect statues and balconies from unwanted birds - but now, it appears the birds are getting their own back.

Dutch researchers have found that some birds use the spikes as weapons around their nests - using them to keep pests away in the same way that humans do.

It shows amazing adaptability, biologist Auke-Florian Hiemstra says.

"They are incredible fortresses - like a bunker for birds," he told the BBC.

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[pchang]

Time for more active defenses.

[EPW]

I prefer bird **** over mattress advertisements.

[PLATO]

Hmmm....maybe being a bird brain isn't as bad as we thought.....

[Bereta_Eder]

I've been to the army but never met more fierce resistance than 2 pigeons that were hell bend on making a nest on one of my balconies.
i ended up having to shield off completely the balcony in order to get rid of them
I had tried everything else and it took them approximately 2 days before they broke the code and any defences I added and they were right at it building and bettering their nest.

[BeBMan]

My balcony is just ca. 1m (or less) above the ground, and there are few cm of space between the sides and the front shield (whatever it's called in english). Usually there's birds and insects from time to time, but earlier this day I just looked briefly through the (still closed) door, and watched a little mouse cramming itself thru that little space. head went thru well, but it had to fight to get the rest of the body thru as well.

Then it ran to the other end of the balcony, and back the same way it came few seconds later