Input Please all you Bird people.

Here's what worked for me and should work for you. it's cruel yet effective. buy you some glue traps and set them along where the birds roost. the traps need to have about a foot of fishing line attached to them so the bird can take flight and then hang there fluttering. leave them hang there dead and replace as needed to keep the fear in them. birds are smart enough to know their buddy is in deep trouble. if you can break the habit for a full winter you may have solved the issue.

 

House sparrows are invasive in the US.
So shooting them would help the ecosystem...

 

I understand completely, since killing is out then you need to go with exclusion. bird netting is cheap online to create a curtain over the open area? I use a 7' tall net on my blackberries to keep birds out

 

Seems like it should be Chrissy's job to clean the wood of all the bird droppings.
When I was back in grade school, my brother and I would go to the storage shed at night and shine sparrows on their nest and shoot them with a BB gun. Dad didn't object cause he knew the mess they made in the shed.

 

Wow, I like that one....

 

Me too it seems cruel.. probably makes it effective

however my wife leaves garage goor open every spring cause starlings build nest ON garage door opener Cause the babies will starve

 

Yeah, sometimes you have to go to extremes. Not saying that animals think/reason like we do, but I do think this type method can work sometimes.

 

Can you put a 'ceiling' in the shed above the firewood, made from thin sheet material? The birds would live in the space between the roof and the ceiling, and poop would fall on the ceiling, keeping the logs clean.

 

I hate to suggest it but why not buy some of those cheap blue tarps and use them? Or even better, some cheap bed sheets from a 2nd hand store? Those king size sheets are huge!

Seems counter productive since the wood pile is already under cover but it sure would solve the problem of keeping the chit off the wood and having to remove it.

 

have you tried playing a radio in the shed?

 

Music critics.

I don't know if an insect fogger would leave behind enough of a residue for a scent that might deter. I don't think any residue would negatively impact the exposed firewood.

 

Sounds like you need a couple black snakes in the shed.

 

Last time I was in Dave's shed and backyard I embarrassingly stepped in a pile of chit can't take me anywhere............And no I was not drunk, at least I don't think