Bird attack!

reiven · 17-03-2012, 06:10 PM

Was wondering if anyone has had birds trying to peck at their paint work?
I saw one poking its dirty beak into the bottom of the side skirts. Not happy at all ;c

my67xr · 17-03-2012, 06:15 PM

i have seen the little Murray Magpies pecking and trying to attack their refections in side mirrors before.

yesterday a Top Notch Pidgeon tried to attack/take on my Territory's bullbar,
bang thump, he lost, feathers went everywhere, then the carcass rolled off to the side of the road...

madwag · 17-03-2012, 06:17 PM

i have seen some people on here having bush turkeys making nests on their bonnets and scratching it to bits.
Might have to have an early Christmas if that happened to me i think!

goodpawn · 17-03-2012, 06:35 PM

I have one trying to mate with my ute daily. Only a small willy wagtail? but, so I dont think it is doing any damage. Damn funny to watch

madwag · 17-03-2012, 06:39 PM

hahah Willy Wagtail mating with a Falcon. I can see the confusion.
Could make an interesting bird!

EL XR8 · 17-03-2012, 06:55 PM

I had a little bird do that a week after a respray, it would headbutt the doors, and climb up and down the A pillars. Ended up finely scratching the car, and had to get it professionally cut and polished. Could've killed that bird, and tried to.

**ebxr8240** · 17-03-2012, 08:59 PM

Yea nothing worse ...Lol...

revcore · 17-03-2012, 09:06 PM

We have those little Noisy Minors around our area and there is this one particular bastard of a bird that has a habit of sitting on the edge of the front of the roof of my EL Fairmont wagon and crapping down the windscreen.
One of these days I hope to catch him and I'll make sure he never does it again.

GTBenny · 17-03-2012, 10:59 PM

Many of the small birds under your car are looking for food like spiders and squashed bugs. Nothing to really worry about. At work I once had a crow attack the whole circumference of my car BA to a height of 30cm because it could see it's reflection and was being teritorial. I had to have the bottom half of the car buffed and detailed to remove the marks. It must have been there for hours. Unfortunately for it it was the last time it did it.

Benny.

IceValk85 · 17-03-2012, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BABenny

Unfortunately for it it was the last time it did it.

Benny.

KABLAM?

XB GS 351 Coupe · 18-03-2012, 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by reiven

Was wondering if anyone has had birds trying to peck at their paint work?
I saw one poking its dirty beak into the bottom of the side skirts. Not happy at all ;c

Probably just feeding on insects stuck on the car.

Have seen a huntsman spider feed on all the bugs on the front of my car a while back....another good reason to keep the car clean!

gt-0194 · 18-03-2012, 01:01 AM

i have no idea but willy wagtails love my car and the colour shockwave. if only i could buy an electronic stun alarm system for any spanner that had to touch my car, bird or human.

EL97 · 18-03-2012, 01:06 AM

Fit a bonnet scoop. Revenge!

I have a similar problem with cats, claw marks all over my roof.

GTBenny · 18-03-2012, 09:50 AM

I have a 308 that's a good cat deterrant. Might wake the neighbours though.

Benny.

MAGPIE · 18-03-2012, 10:27 AM

The NZ Kea (alpine parrot) is a shocker for attacking cars...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMLpPoOeays

**ebxr8240** · 18-03-2012, 01:09 PM

[QUOTE=MAGPIE]The NZ Kea (alpine parrot) is a shocker for attacking cars...

/QUOTE]

When I was over there a few month's back .. Birds would nest in engine bays
causing fires.. Even farm tractors catching fire !! $100, 000 up in flames..
Couldn't work out why so many had there cars bonnets up ???
Birds DON'T nest where there's light... They couldn't all be broken down !! Lol.. Even in N.Z...

IceValk85 · 18-03-2012, 07:50 PM

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Originally Posted by EL97

Fit a bonnet scoop. Revenge!

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I have a similar problem with cats, claw marks all over my roof.

friend of mine has pictures of birds, small children, cats and random **** like houses and chairs in front of his bonnet scoop on the WRX.

its a laugh, and we always comment that hes going to suck something up for real one day. looks like you beat him too it!

EL97 · 18-03-2012, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by IceValk85

looks like you beat him too it!

Not my car, just a random pic off the net. I'd love a wrx, but they tend to get a bad image due to posers buying them.

Magpie season tends to bring out the worst bird behaviour. A few years back I once saw a magpie swoop for a kid walking home from school, which ending up missing the kid, then proceeded to fly straight into a passing van

The little bastard survived however.

In Focus · 18-03-2012, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by EL97

Not my car, just a random pic off the net. I'd love a wrx, but they tend to get a bad image due to posers buying them.

Magpie season tends to bring out the worst bird behaviour. A few years back I once saw a magpie swoop for a kid walking home from school, which ending up missing the kid, then proceeded to fly straight into a passing van

The little bastard survived however.

The kid or the bird?

aussie muscle · 19-03-2012, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by EL97

I have a similar problem with cats, claw marks all over my roof.

i saw a video on youtube a guy had hooked up a infrared detector to a camera and a water sprayer. it took photos of visiting cats and sprayed them with water. hilarious, but ultimately fruitless.

EL97 · 19-03-2012, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by In Focus

The kid or the bird?

The bird survived, kind of bounced off the van and kept going. The kid was completely unaware at what had just happening, kept on walking with his earphones blaring.

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Originally Posted by aussie muscle

i saw a video on youtube a guy had hooked up a infrared detector to a camera and a water sprayer. it took photos of visiting cats and sprayed them with water. hilarious, but ultimately fruitless.

I'd love to see that

, PM or post up here.

In Focus · 19-03-2012, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by EL97

The bird survived, kind of bounced off the van and kept going. The kid was completely unaware at what had just happening, kept on walking with his earphones blaring.

I'd love to see that

, PM or post up here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIbkLjjlMV8