Bird-X Bird Spikes, Stainless Steel Spikes to Keep Birds Away, Easy to Install, Covers 10 Linear Feet Area, 1' L x 6" W, 10 Strips

Solar light panel and birds have to land on the highest spot no matter what it is. They NEVER land on it NOW and that is all that matters, it is not covered with bird crap. Birds think my home is they're home and IT IS NOT> I pressure washed with a commercial washer 676 piles of bird droppings around my home on one weekend, 444 saturday to 676 on sunday. WHY count them nothing else to do because they do not just wash off, it is work to pressure wash them off. I have reduced it to about 20 now and then. They were everywhere. I even put a fake snake on a speaker under a deck and they made a nest right on the deck behind the gate? I pull the nest down every day there is a new one the next day, I guess they work over time with no pay? Even on the battery on my 8n Ford Tractor. And starlings ripped the soffit off my large garage and went inside. Then pushed it up in the corner of the roof peek. I filled that with great stuff? Every where. These things keep they AWAY from that spot. I keep them away from the rest of the spots.

Pigeons (doves) were making an absolute mess of our front entrance steps and frustration was beginning to set in. We even had to warn visitors ahead of time to walk up the side of the steps. I tried these on a whim and the flying rodents were immediately stopped that same day and they have not returned. Highly recommended for roof peaks, beams, signs, fences. If you are a pearl-clutcher you don't have to worry because these are guaranteed not to hurt the birds, just drive them away.

These come fully assembled unlike others that require you to put together each spike into a frame. The ends are male-female so the pieces will click together to extend the length to your need. I have them on my window security grill where a lot of wild birds would perch and wait to be fed - yes, I feed our wild birds but don't appreciate the mess they leave on my window sills, and the birds look much nicer waiting in the trees and shrubs than on my windows. The width is small enough that even finches and sparrows can't sit in between so it works well for larger birds like pigeons and doves too. I use zip ties to secure these on the security grill so if you are planning to use them on a projecting surface like a window sill you'll have to figure a way to secure them - something like U shaped nails would probably work. The spikes are thin and the frame is clear plastice so these really aren't noticable and won't make your windows or roofline look like prison wire.

I recently bought a set of these stainless steel bird barrier spike strips because I've had robins building nests on my new 4" x 3" downspouts. I don't have a problem with wildlife per se, but I wanted to discourage nest building so that, when I'm performing my lawn maintenance, I wouldn't disturb the birds as they were feeding their newly hatched offspring. The strips came bundled together in one box and I separated them gingerly so that I could prepare them to be installed. Two of the individual "V" shaped spike wire units were already separated from the plastic mounting hardware and were loose in the carton. I'm sure it takes a special piece of equipment to reinstall these once they come out, so you have to exercise some degree of care when handling these strips to avoid dislodging the spikes. In MY case, I used white vinyl clothes line to secure the strips in place onto the surface of the downspout under the soffit where nest building annually takes place. The strips can be easily trimmed to fit any area or the foot-long strips can be joined together if you have an area that's longer than 1 foot in length. The results: the robins won't go anywhere near these sites now that the strips are in place. The same cannot be said for small birds such as purple finches, who will build their nests on top of light fixture finials if given a chance. I have observed attempts at nest building within the spikes by these crafty little guys and proceeded to pull down the twigs before they had a chance to get settled in. A more dense array of spikes would probably be called for in order to ensure that no birds of any size could settle wherever these spikes are deployed. Overall, I rate these as practical and useful. Robins create a more massive, dirty mess to clean up once they get their nests built and I feel good that these deter them without injuring them. The price seems reasonable and I could not find these at my local home improvement stores, so once again Amazon came to the rescue. For a more permanent installation, the instructions recommend mounting these strips either with screws or adhesive. I recommend this product; just be careful not to dislodge any of the spikes while handling the Bird-X STS-10-R Stainless Bird Spikes Kit strips and you're pretty much good to go!