Bird BarrierOptical Gel 24 Pack | Natural Multisensory Bird Deterrent | Easy Installation | Discreet Appearance | Long-Lasting Solution | Repels Birds on Roofs, Beams Signs, Soffits, Ledges, and More

For the last several years we have had a large influx of barn swallows. We actually love the birds, but hate their droppings. We had our columns repainted and did not want them messed up again. I searched for something that would deter them and found these. Yes, they are a bit pricey when you do not know if they will actually work or not. Well, they DID work for us. The swallows are still around, but are not nesting on the tops of our 39 columns. They have been up for over a month and we have had fabulous results.

These worked very well!

This product did not work for me. The advertisement of the product is misleading and false. The pigeons proceeded to walk in the gell and build new nest on the product. The smell is pleasant to me and apparently to the pigeons as well. I followed the directions exactly and spent a day installing just to have wasted all that time and money on the product. I would like a refund.

It’s fantastic for swallows. I also found smearing rods for hummingbird feeders is a great barrier for sugar ants. Works great!

I tried everything to get rid of and deter pigeons that would land on our balcony and nest there creating a huge mess and headache for us. Nothing worked until I got this optical gel and out it around the railing of the balcony. Now the pigeons don’t come anywhere near it! A huge relief for me and my wife to no longer have to deal with them. Worked like a charm!

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I cleaned the areas as per the directions and then I TSP'd on the perches. Then 3 coats of high gloss paint. Then I siliconed the cups to the perch spots and waited. At first it was great, no birds, until it wasn't. It took about 3 weeks and the first one that got stuck violently tried to free himself; it was a bloody mess. I thought it was a fluke so after choking back tears I cleaned it up and waited. It happened three or four additional times and I didn't have the stomach to let it continue. However, I put over 25 of the cups high up and it wasn't that simple to remove them. I had to pay somebody to come and take them all down and clean up the blood and entrails and then repaint those areas of my patio. By the time the painter got out to do the job, I was averaging one to two dead birds every week. I thought the birds would simply smell it and be turned off. They sat right in it, and the product is so sticky, almost like silicone, and they couldn't get out of it. It was as bad as gluetraps. Very inhumane. I didn't take pictures or video because it was disgusting! And I already felt like an executioner and I didn't want pictures to remind me. It was a great idea, but another failed idea.

This product is amazing. Heard about it from our pool guy after complaining to him about the constant traffic morning and evenings of feral doves/pigeons bathing in our pool's spillover.I'd tried a bunch of things from other barriers (they hopped around), fishing line (they learned to avoid) and a variety of scarecrows, squirt guns etc spiky strips etc.. All of these "barriers" were ugly, not to mention ineffective. Worst of all, the birds never really left the pool alone. They just perched nearby waiting to get at the water. The were a terrible problem. Past Tense!After hearing about these from Joe, I really hesitated to plunk down the bucks, but finally did so and then created a clear shelf to stick them to over the water in the spillway. I also places a couple on the travertine on either end of the water feature to maintain the spacing beyond the water.. It took all of about 15 minutes to put the discs in place, making sure to space them according to the directions on the package - pretty much about 10" apart for this install.The morning before install there had been several birds in the spillway, and many more perching about 15 feet away, watching it closely for their turn. Miracle of miricles, once these discs were installed there were no more and have been no more doves - period, not in the spillover, not on the adjacent travertine, and not perching on the fence nearby.As best I can tell the main deterrent is visual - I have seen their shadows as some have flown by - but probably 30 - 40 feet or higher. They clearly are being deterred by what they see.Really interesting thing is that it hasn't deterred other varieties of birds in the yard. I've still got quail families coming thru the yard (but not the pool) and yesterday a pair of cardinals landing on the spa coping but soon flew off to a nearby tree in my yard. Love the birds - just not the doves/pigeoons!!!