Bird Proofing Your Boat For Winter

- July 28, 2010, 3:22 am

With the lazy days of summer coming to a close, the fall and winter months are quickly approaching. This means people are hanging up the swimming trunks, putting the beach wear away, and storing the boats for the long winter ahead. Unfortunately, we are not the only ones preparing for the fall and winter months. Resident pest bird populations prepare for the cold weather by finding a place to roost and what better place than inside the warm confines of a boat in storage. Not only do these birds cause a potentially expensive mess, they also leave behind disease carrying bacteria that can land an unsuspecting boater in the hospital or worse. With the economy in the trenches, Americans are doing everything possible to stretch every dollar, and with the amount of money damage pest birds can