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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~

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.

She left it up.

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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.

An actual smartwatch.

Further info.

Amazing.

+2

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Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club.

Hilarious:)
I know now both American and Spanish.

Hilarious:)
I know now both American and Spanish.

This is Spanish: no ingrese aquí
What is quoted in the pic, is not Spanish, not even close.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's

Hilarious:)
I know now both American and Spanish.

This is Spanish: no ingrese aquí
What is quoted in the pic, is not Spanish, not even close.

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Member of the People Encouraging Niceness In Society club.

Hilarious:)
I know now both American and Spanish.

This is Spanish: no ingrese aquí
What is quoted in the pic, is not Spanish, not even close.

Hola Señor:)

Hilarious:)
I know now both American and Spanish.

The word on the sign that is wrong is spanish, it should say spanglish.

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Hilarious:)
I know now both American and Spanish.

The word on the sign that is wrong is spanish, it should say spanglish.

Or perhaps TexMex.
hmm. Now i'm getting hungry again...
And now knowing where not to entero:)

Right or wrong someone will test it out. LOL

Hilarious:)
I know now both American and Spanish.

The word on the sign that is wrong is spanish, it should say spanglish.

Or perhaps TexMex.
hmm. Now i'm getting hungry again...
And now knowing where not to entero:)

I'm already baking something, and it ain't TexMex, don't knock it, until you've tried it.

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The T1 Trust, PRR T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, 1 of America's First HST's