Was looking out into my covered patio when something above head level caught my eye. Hah! The Mourning Doves are taking a ride on the fan being blown by the wind. Cute, huh?



Then they rearranged themselves. Uh-Oh!! I don't need them setting up home there, time to step outside to shoo them off. 'Tis springtime, I guess.

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Release the Kraken

Bumped because of picture issues.

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Release the Kraken

There is a product called "Roost No More" that I would paint on places to keep them from building nests. It stays sticky for years in Ohio conditions, then recoat.

Ivan

I have swallows nesting on my security cameras every spring. I try to move them asap but they rebuild them overnight.Occasionally some eggs get destroyed. Sad but necessary..

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My Daddy was a pistol..

At my last house we had to put up an awning due to excessive afternoon seat. The birds loved it,building their nests. It was a constant struggle, they build, I take down the nest. They move the nest from one side of the awning to the other.

One year I put up some netting, bad move, the birds got tangled up so down comes the netting.


The whole thing was funny in a way as they were watching me taking the nest down from nearby trees, chirping all the time, and doing flyovers while I was on a ladder.

One year we went away for two weeks, came home and found a well built nest. I pulled it down with a hanger and out dropped two eggs. Aww.

At my new abode, birds build nests in a couple evergreens we have. I leave them be. I just wish they would stop flying into our windows.


Found this young un on the ground a few weeks ago. Just let mama do her thing.




On our recent trip to Amalfi, we were buzzed by a large bird returning to its nest while we were entering a gift shop.

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My son in Indiana has a decorative wreath hanging on his front door, robin's built a nest in the wreath for the second year in a row. They have had to quit using the front door until the chicks are gone.

My son in Illinois has a decorated wreath hanging on the wall next to his front door. Robin's have built a nest in that wreath also, they too had to quit using their front door. Anybody going near the front door get's buzzed by the robin's. My daughter in law posted a sign warning delivery people to be wary about the possible bird attacks. The grand kids are bird lovers and have 2 pet parakeets they adore so the thought of evicting the robin's never entered their minds.

Territorial mockingbirds doing their thing, saw one chase a squirrel along the top of a wood fence. Lord help the crows above and the cats below.
Few years back I reached the point where I carried a tennis raquet around to the side yard.

You never know where idiot doves are going to lay those eggs.

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Now that’s what you call a MOBILE HOME!

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Possum—The other white meat!