Note they play pretty good dead. LOL we had some on upstate New York but I don't recall of many of them.
I remember Wiggo talking about them around his house, we never had a problem but we had 2 dogs which might account for that.

They are good at playing dead. I had to wack one on the head once. I picked it up by the tail and relocate it. The critter did not give any fight while being held upside down.

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Delicious :)

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Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club.

Chris S stop this, you do not know of what you are typing about.

+1

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You may think me a bad person for this, but I believe it was necessary and for the best in the long run.

I discovered yesterday a bird's nest under construction on top of my back porch lights. They are large flood lights on a light/motion sensor that only turns them on when it's dark out and there is movement in the sensor's field of view, then keeps them on for 5 minutes. They get hot quickly. I removed the nascent nest. Today, it was in progress again and I removed it again. I believe the bulbs could easily get hot enough to kill any eggs in the nest. Furthermore, it could also set the nest on fire, and then likely the house along with it. I feel it would be better for the bird to build a nest somewhere else, and it apparently is.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Point. Set. And Match. Grace will not have to worry immediately food or water. If a(n) extrend stay is needed. A phone call to a person will do.

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Chris S stop this, you do not know of what you are typing about.

+1

+2. Vic has answered your concerns.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Chris S stop this, you do not know of what you are typing about.

+1

+2. Vic has answered your concerns.

+3

Cheers.

Chris S stop this, you do not know of what you are typing about.

+1

+2. Vic has answered your concerns.

+3
+4
My prayers are with you Vic.

Cheers.

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Chris S stop this, you do not know of what you are typing about.

+1

+2. Vic has answered your concerns.

+3
+4
My prayers are with you Vic.

Cheers.

+5

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~Sue~

You may think me a bad person for this, but I believe it was necessary and for the best in the long run.

I discovered yesterday a bird's nest under construction on top of my back porch lights. They are large flood lights on a light/motion sensor that only turns them on when it's dark out and there is movement in the sensor's field of view, then keeps them on for 5 minutes. They get hot quickly. I removed the nascent nest. Today, it was in progress again and I removed it again. I believe the bulbs could easily get hot enough to kill any eggs in the nest. Furthermore, it could also set the nest on fire, and then likely the house along with it. I feel it would be better for the bird to build a nest somewhere else, and it apparently is.

Many birds will make repeated attempts to build a nest in their chosen location, even after the destruction of earlier attempts. The only way to get them to nest somewhere else is to make the current location uninhabitable, either by "caging", or putting spikes on the upper surface.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

In Phoenix AZ a had pidgins on my house so I put up spiked pidgin wire.
that took care of it quick. They are so dirty to have around.

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Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club.

You may think me a bad person for this, but I believe it was necessary and for the best in the long run.

I discovered yesterday a bird's nest under construction on top of my back porch lights. They are large flood lights on a light/motion sensor that only turns them on when it's dark out and there is movement in the sensor's field of view, then keeps them on for 5 minutes. They get hot quickly. I removed the nascent nest. Today, it was in progress again and I removed it again. I believe the bulbs could easily get hot enough to kill any eggs in the nest. Furthermore, it could also set the nest on fire, and then likely the house along with it. I feel it would be better for the bird to build a nest somewhere else, and it apparently is.

Many birds will make repeated attempts to build a nest in their chosen location, even after the destruction of earlier attempts. The only way to get them to nest somewhere else is to make the current location uninhabitable, either by "caging", or putting spikes on the upper surface.

I'm told that becoming a Falconer and keeping suitable raptors such as Peregrine Falcons or Harris Hawks works well.

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You may think me a bad person for this, but I believe it was necessary and for the best in the long run.

I discovered yesterday a bird's nest under construction on top of my back porch lights. They are large flood lights on a light/motion sensor that only turns them on when it's dark out and there is movement in the sensor's field of view, then keeps them on for 5 minutes. They get hot quickly. I removed the nascent nest. Today, it was in progress again and I removed it again. I believe the bulbs could easily get hot enough to kill any eggs in the nest. Furthermore, it could also set the nest on fire, and then likely the house along with it. I feel it would be better for the bird to build a nest somewhere else, and it apparently is.

Many birds will make repeated attempts to build a nest in their chosen location, even after the destruction of earlier attempts. The only way to get them to nest somewhere else is to make the current location uninhabitable, either by "caging", or putting spikes on the upper surface.

Darned if the little cuss wasn't at it again Saturday morning. Besides being on the lights, it was also on the outer housing of my kitchen exhaust fan, so I turned it on, then removed the nest. I left the fan on for over an hour. Bird got the message. No further attempts have been made.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

Couldn't you use something called hardware cloth? lets say 1/4 inch wide David?

An actual smartwatch.

Further info.

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Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club.

An actual smartwatch.

Further info.

Amazing.

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~Sue~

An actual smartwatch.

Further info.

Amazing.

+1

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I don't know if it's the same bird, but there is now a nest on top of the roll-up awning over my front picture window. It hasn't been rolled in or out in about 30 years, so I don't care about that.

I saw a news item the other day about a woman who can't use her front door because robins are aggressively defending the nest they built on her Christmas wreath. She says next year she'll take down the wreath sooner.

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David
Sitting on my butt while others boldly go,
Waiting for a message from a small furry creature from Alpha Centauri.

I don't know if it's the same bird, but there is now a nest on top of the roll-up awning over my front picture window. It hasn't been rolled in or out in about 30 years, so I don't care about that.

I saw a news item the other day about a woman who can't use her front door because robins are aggressively defending the nest they built on her Christmas wreath. She says next year she'll take down the wreath sooner.

Where does she live? Southern Florida? Or did she leave the wreath up until May?
Because I don't see robins making nests during the time a Christmas wreath would
be up.

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~Sue~