If you’ve noticed birds flying around your facility after hours, you’re not alone. Sightings of birds in a building at night are more common than many business owners realize — and they often point to a bigger issue. Birds don’t just wander in at random. Their presence after closing time usually means they’ve found something they like — and they may be settling in for the long haul.
Here’s why you might be spotting birds in your building at night — and what to do about it.
Birds Follow the Light
Most birds are active during daylight hours, but artificial lighting can confuse their natural rhythms. If your facility has skylights, high-bay lighting, or overnight operations, the constant brightness can keep birds alert and active long after sunset. Bright lights can even lure them inside in the first place, especially if insects are present.
Quiet Time Feels Like Safe Time
After closing, your building may become a bird’s paradise: fewer people, less movement, and minimal noise. For a bird that’s accidentally flown in during the day, this low-traffic time may seem ideal for nesting, roosting, or exploring. Unfortunately, that also means they’re likely planning to stay.
There’s a Reliable Food Source
If your facility processes, stores, or transports food — or if your trash bins are accessible — birds will keep coming back. Birds can detect crumbs, open containers, or spills from far away. Nighttime activity might suggest they feel safe enough to scavenge without interruption.
Entry Points Stay Open Longer
Dock doors, delivery bays, roof vents, or unsealed entryways can give birds free access after hours. If these points remain open late into the evening, birds can slip inside undetected. Once inside, many stay because they can’t find the exit — or don’t want to.
What It Means for Your Business
Birds in your building at night may indicate:
- Established nesting or roosting areas
- Ongoing food or water access
- Weaknesses in your building’s exterior
- Growing bird populations that need immediate attention
These issues can lead to serious consequences — from structural damage and failed inspections to lost productivity and safety risks.
What to Do Next
Call Meridian Bird Removal at the first sign of after-hours bird activity. Our trained technicians work quickly, often arriving within hours. We remove birds using our patented live capture system, minimizing disruption to your operations.
We operate nationwide — even overnight — to address your problem discreetly and effectively. Birds in a building at night aren’t just a nuisance. They’re a liability waiting to happen.
See Meridian in Action: Nighttime Bird Removal Cases:
- In a case where birds had been present in a facility for over a year and some had become nocturnal, Meridian technicians had to return to capture these nocturnal birds in a separate service call.
- Meridian technicians opted to remove pigeons at night in a distribution center with numerous doors that were in use during the day.
- In one instance, Meridian conducted a late night capture inside a pharmaceutical warehouse, where a Cooper’s hawk had invaded the sterile space and needed removing ASAP.
Meridian dispatched three Technicians from three states to manage a high-priority service call. The store asked them to work exclusively at night.
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