To kill the owl babies?

[Serin]

I've been on the go since 6am.
There are 3 of the cute little buggers, sat on the corner of our bedroom (dormer) window, cheeping away.
About once every 40 mins their DM brings them something to eat and they turn up the cheeping to full on party mode. It's like trying to sleep with a load of satanic chickens in the room.
AIBU to get the air rifle and shoot them dead? I could have them stuffed to make cute Christmas decorations or something, could send them to Chris Packham as a warning to other owls.

I would love owl babies nesting near me. Lucky you! I lived for ten years with the worst seagull problem ever. They made my life a misery at nesting season every year. I used to dream about shooting them. They crapped everywhere and were really aggressive. Screamed all night and all day. Swooped down on us in the garden and attacked us. Ate anything left outside. I once left a book on the grass and they ripped it to pieces. Their chicks fell out of the nest every year too which brought a new and more vicious spell of attacks and noise. I absolutely hated the things.

@BeyondMyWits

my neighbour has pigeons nesting under their solar panels - right above their bedroom - OMG the noise is unbelievable!

Little owlets would be worth it - pigeons not so much!

My neighbour is so obsessed with his bird feeders that he's got a bunch of pigeons so fat they can barely take off anymore who fucking make a racket all day every day and are so bad flying off again it's only a matter of time before one ends up going into our patio doors. They really are utter pests.

The pigeons are also such thugs that no other birds will visit any bird feeders in the street for fear of being mauled by the psycho obese pigeon rats.

Next door’s bird feeders attract a flock (a charm?) of goldfinches that are pretty noisy, especially if the woodpecker is lurking.

Awww they've adopted you op, you're going to have to keep them now. We have a blackbird family, who are incredibly loud, and house sparrows nesting on our roof, who make a surprising amount of noise. Also some not too bright pigeons and an owl which likes to hoot in the dead of night and scare the crap out of me. I love them all, especially the teenage blackbird who hasn't figured out not to fly into windows yet bless him.

Wildlife is beautiful but can be an absolute pain in the bum. We've had no end of trouble with "cute" baby squirrels.

I'll swap your owls for my Jackdaws. They are the most unpleasant and aggressive birds (after Seagulls). The
noise they make is primeval. They are greedy and hog the bird feeders, they bully each other.

Stay in the city OP.

If you live permanently in the countryside you can sleep through these sweet sounds.

However if I hear a car driving near my house at 3am it will wake me up!

I've found my place.

Last night we had trains, cars and drunk arguing arseholes to contest with.
As the sun came up the nesting sparrows started as did the doves, crows and magpies.
Planes start at 7. Cars and trains still going.
Soon we'll have the ring necked parakeets which are beautiful but noisy bastards.

Normally not a problem but dd1 couldn't sleep because of the heat and needed to tell me every hour until 4am. She got up at 7 and is not happy.

Today is going to be loooong

Lighten up. As an animal lover, I'd love to have three baby owls keeping me awake.

I clicked on here in panic!! Ahhhh, they sleep in their tummies. That is just so cute.

Also a month ago a baby sparrow flew into the bedroom and panicked. The next day another one flew slap bang into the window.
Also seagulls.
Oh look... Another plane overhead.

I've got a headache

How about a straight swap for all the baby seagulls here....they're always bigger than the adults once they're old enough to squawk . How does that work then , you never see a 6ft eight month old baby

I have young long eared owls come into my garden during the day. They get grumpy when the magpies heckle them but what scares them into flying from the ground (sunbathing) up into a tree is being scolded by a wren.

Can I swap your adorable baby owls for my teething toddler please?

Could be worse, some evil fucker told me words to go with the wood pigeon noise. I hear it all of the time, it drives me insane.

I also have issues with a particularly annoying song thrush that leaves too big a pause between certain parts of it's song.

Love owls. I believe it's actually illegal to shoot them.

I think our starlings are on their 7th generation this year, up by DDs bedroom. She is about to start a masters in ecology conservation and environment so she can put up with them. Or maybe make them the subject of her dissertation?

I would happily swop them for your owls, just for the change.

@ElGuardiandenoche

Ha! you wait till you get seagulls nesting on your roof, then you'll have something to moan about.

Oh god, seagulls are the worst. My friend & her neighbours have regular seagulls nesting on their roof. When they have chicks they will swoop and attack anyone in the vicinity of the nest (but they recognise the house owners and leave them be). It was so bad one year that Royal Mail refused to deliver mail and they had to go to the sorting office to collect it.

I see your owl babies and I raise you a week of overnight road resurfacing work.

Can I shoot the roadworkers? If I stuff them to whom would I send them?

So many questions.

[why do I feel the need to caveat this with 'it's a joke' in case someone tells me what a horrible person I am]

I expect

This spring a tawny owl near us had babies and was using an old hollowed out tree as a nest - it was quite the local tourist attraction. Once they'd fledged from the nest they took up residence in a nearby tree and you could easily hear them as you walked past - they are loud!

Earplugs, op?

Our wood pigeons have loud arguments whilst trying to perch on the chimney cowl, which get amplified down the chimney into our living room.

We have a similar situation with a sparrow in our garden, he turns up at about 4am and literally yells, for hours!

DD(7) has named him Jason. So now we can't even be annoyed with him apart from DH or I murmuring 'here's bloody Jason' again every night!

How long do sparrows live?

[quote SabrinaThwaite]@bibbitybobbitycats

We have a one legged wood pigeon too. He has to get a bit of a sideways lean on before he can take off.[/quote]
Poor thing, but also

Also thought you meant the book! I had to read it every night for almost 2 years so had some sympathy there

Oh gods I read that sodding book so many times I can still recite most of it, a couple of decades later. Owl babies grow up a hell of a lot faster than toddlers grow out of cute cuddly owl babies

How long do sparrows live?
Not long in my garden, my bloody dogs mowed one down the other day. They’re greyhounds and were racing round the garden and one got in the way. Was like a car crash.