Swallow Control

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Swallow Control

If you have swallows building nests and roosting on the side of your home or business you have come to the right place for professional help. We are professional swallow removal or wildlife control technicians. Our main line of work is to remove swallows that roost or cause problems to man made structures. Some examples are: Swallows that attach their mud nests to wood siding, brick, or stucco. As young swallows develop they will contaminate attics, wall cavities and sidings with their swallow Urine and waste. When swallows bare there young, Swallows contaminate the inside of a building with waste, bird mites or swallow bugs. Swallow bugs are very similar to bed bugs or nose cone bugs THEY BITE. We use the most current swallow live repellents, and brackets that keep swallows off of your building. NOTE swallows are federally protected. If you have a swallow problem, contact us or give us a call to hire our professional coaching, or swallow removal and control services.

 

WHAT ARE SWALLOW CHARACTERISTICS?

Martins, mud swallows, cliff swallows and barn swallows are all nicknames for the swallow. Swallows are slender, sleek birds with either deeply forked tails or square tails, and they are very colorful, with colors ranging from orange-brown, steel blue, rust and white. Swallows are anywhere from five to eight inches long.
 
Swallows are a migratory bird and so are protected by federal and state law. It is illegal to kill or hurt swallows in any way.

Swallows build nests on bridges, houses or businesses of mud and directly attach them under an eave or overhang or on a beam, window jamb or corner. Swallow nests are gourd-shaped or cup-shaped with an entrance tunnel that opens downward. Swallows mix sand, grasses, hair and feathers in with the mud to build the swallow nest. Nests can be built in colonies of several hundred pairs, all lined up in a vertical cluster.

WHAT DO SWALLOWS EAT?

Swallows, no matter the type, are insect eaters. About 6,000 flies a day is the diet that a flock of swallows would require to survive. Mud, cliff and barn swallows love to eat bluebottles, houseflies, bees, hoverflies, mayflies, and sometimes, moth caterpillars that hang from the trees.

WHAT KIND OF SWALLOW DAMAGE IS THERE?

A flock of hundreds of swallows landing and taking off can create a lot of noise on your house, especially at night when you are trying to sleep. Even though swallows are only on the outside of your home or business, droppings, nest paraphernalia and feathers can get sucked into vents and drain pipes and create a fire hazard, leading to thousands of dollars in repairs. This swallow trash can also block gutters, causing water to seep indoors and cause flooding. A blocked chimney can lead to a fire hazard, and high levels of carbon monoxide can be forced back into the home or business if a vent is blocked with swallow nesting material.

When swallows use your home or office as a place to build mud nests, camp out and have babies, they may not seem like charming songbirds anymore. Swallow droppings speed deterioration of benches, buildings and cars, in addition to looking unsightly. Swallow droppings can damage machinery, contaminate foods and burn your lawn. Sometimes, swallow droppings can make a surface slick and dangerous for humans to walk on. A large amount of swallow fecal matter may produce a nasty smell and cause damage to your plants and crops.

When your office or home’s vents become toilets and garbage cans for swallows, any disease, bug or odor that comes along with swallows can contaminate the air that you breathe and any foods meant for human consumption.

Nests of mud swallows damage and deface the exteriors of buildings. Swallow droppings usually end up on the side of a building and on the ground below. Leaving a colony of swallows on your property can be a real liability because of slip-and-fall hazards and contamination from droppings and nest materials.

HOW CAN YOU TAKE CARE OF SWALLOWS ON MY HOUSE?

Our swallow trappers specialize in removal and prevention of swallow nests from hard-to-reach locations such as walls, stucco and siding through special block-out, repellent techniques. An effective swallow-repellent mixture is our secret weapon against the birds. Our professional, humane swallow experts can remove dead swallows from your property.

We have never encountered a swallow problem that we weren’t able to solve.