# How can i keep birds from perching on my power lines?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 9, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-keep-birds-from-perching-on-my-power-lines/303110 "2005-05-09T20:45:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-keep-birds-from-perching-on-my-power-lines/303110/1 "2005-05-09T20:45:27Z")

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Apparently, someone designated my driveway as an aviary bathroom. My drive is covered with bird crap, especially noticeable in a diagonal line leading from the power pole to my house. Luckily for me I have a car port. Sadly for my girlfriend, I can’t fit two cars in there.

Is there anything non-gaudy I can put on the edge of my roof or possibly hang on the power line itself to discourage birds from resting there and painting my pavement?

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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-keep-birds-from-perching-on-my-power-lines/303110/2 "2005-05-09T20:53:03Z")

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[here’s some ideas](http://web.birdbarrier.com/BirdBarrier/Site%20Pages/FAQHomeBldg.htm)