Set up a feeding station away from your bedroom windows. Those jays are mean birds. I don't believe in shooting birds that's sick. It shows a lot about a person's character when you feed small songbirds then you are negative and sometimes cruel to the other wildlife you draw in such as squirrels and blue jays. Bluejays will mob owls and hawks during the day, wildbirds have specific times they eat during the day, don't worry, the songbirds will eat with the protection of bluejays watching for predators. Shape The World. If you don't want them around at all, leave a few peanuts out on the ground leading farther away from your house each day. (07/07/2005). I mounted him to a board & once a week I move him to a different spot around the yard. I printed pictures of cats from the internet and hung them in my window. i am not sure on your laws in your state but in michigan crows are legal to shoot . (06/26/2005), I agree about the reflection; he probably thinks it's another bird and is "fighting" over his territory. The Average Life Span of Blue & Gold Macaws. If you don't want them around at all, leave a few peanuts out on the ground leading farther away from your house each day. I would much rather have mocking birds to blue jays. Instead we provide them with unshelled peanuts which they love. If you don't want them at your feeders, change to a different seed as well as buy feeders that are made only for small birds. You can buy a roll of screen and frame lengths with rubber insert rope and a roller tool to make your own of any size. Tie it at the top of the CD. Very scary. Empower Her. I don't have a problem with bluejays either, they all forage with the squirrels and other songbirds as well as with the crows. They're the best. Your best strategy will be to exclude or block them from reaching the food. They had been so successful with Crow be Gone they made a CD called BlueJay be Gone and it worked like a charm. It worked well, then the redbird moved to another window. They can also be loud and poop in and around your lawn or garden. So we hung up a lightweight, full-size, plastic owl from the lower branch of our willow tree. No desire to watch Blue Jays in your backyard? Domesticated cats kill for sport, play with the birds they catch or rodents, and leave it to die, taking food from the natural predator's mouth which is the owls' and hawks' food that they need to survive. Retailers sell various designs – key words being cage/d feeder. Tie one piece of string to each old CD or DVD by threading the string through the center hole. The domesticated cat is not a natural predator to wildlife. WHere do you get a plastic owl? This is how God created it to be to keep populations of wildlife in control. As far as your cat goes, you need to be more concerned about allowing your domesticated cat to roam free unsupervised. Turn the CDs or DVD' to face outward, so that the shinier of the two sides catches the sunlight. I am just not sure how to eliminate that. Someone help me get rid of these birds. BBs cn get rid of them but if you don't want to hurt them.. *_* maybe some large wind chimes? I use to have mourning doves that had nests by my front door that have been scared off along with sparrows and other birds because of the blue Jay. Tie one piece of string to each old CD or DVD by threading the string through the center hole. I hope this information will help someone who is having issues with blue jays. (06/22/2007), I started feeding the blue jays peanuts a year ago and have not had a problem. A bunch of blue jays let me know there was a snake in my oak tree yesterday! Some of you need to seriously do extensive research before you post about something that you know nothing about instead of posting misleading information. You can attract Blue Jays with eggshells. Perhaps if you hung a picture of a predator of some kind (a cat, for instance) facing the outside, it would keep them at bay. You can find something to put over the window on the inside or the outside so that he can't see his reflection. Try either that, or some other item that will sparkle in the sun. (06/19/2005), You can do what I do. Within 3 days the blue jays were gone. If you want to get fancier, you can go to Lowes or Home Depot and purchase an owl. The glitter should frighten them away. The short term solution was to go out the back door and avoid the site...but that didn't help the mailman and others who use the area near the nest....just had to warn everyone to be careful. It works! Not because I had a crow problem, oh no, it was a blue jay problem I had. My proactive solution after the experience was...after the babies were gone from the nest...tying CDs (compact disks) to strings and hanging them from the branches. Yes I would like to know that also. This will take care of the bluejays. (04/07/2010). Tie it at the top of the CD. How to Tell the Difference From a Male or Female Snowy Egret. PART OF WILD SKY MEDIA | FAMILY & PARENTING, Garden Desk: Use CDs to Scare Away Birds From the Garden, How to Distinguish Male Apart From Female Bantam Chickens, Classifications of the Cicada Killer Wasp. They eat with the squirrels and other birds without any problems. Use your scissors to cut several pieces of string about six to eight inches long. They are so obnoxious I just want to shoot them. I have this blue jay that sits by a window of my house and pecks at it. Get peanuts (Costco/Sams Club) and sunflower seeds. If they didn't scare them the motion knocked into them. When they reflect in the sun, the birds avoid it. It's always waking me up and it continues to peck throughout the day. They don't like owls, not even plastic ones. CD's in trees are a waste of time for jays. I took care of my problem Blue Jays with a CD. You hear wildbirds at 6:30am in the summer and until around 7:30-8:00 in the evening. For awhile, I had snakes at about 8 windows at my house, but it kept him away and now he is gone for good. but the crows are another thing .