Lately,
we have been having some bird issues in the backyard, which I guess aren't as
bad as the possible issues we could be having, but annoying nonetheless. We
have a ceiling fan in the gazebo that the robins made a nest in, which we can't
touch since they already managed to lay their eggs and now they have moved on
to the satellite dish. I don't mind the nest in the fan so much but the
satellite dish?...REALLY!!?? Not only am I afraid they will somehow ruin it,
but it is more visible than the ceiling fan and it is right above our patio
furniture which is now being sprinkled with bird poop! Because this new
location they have chosen is more visible, we can see their progress before it
is too late, unlike the ceiling fan in the gazebo. Anytime I see a few twigs up
there, we get the ladder out and remove them. Yet, the birds (who are watching
us with laser eyes from the tree next door) just laugh and return with their
twigs the next day. It was becoming a vicious cycle, especially when we went
away for the weekend and came back to a half-built nest. Next, we decided to
wrap the base of the dish in mesh, so they couldn't put anything in it. What
did they do? They found a way to put the twigs on top of the mesh, brushing off
our amateur efforts to get rid of them. I swear they were mocking us with their
loud chirps in the morning asking, 'what have you got for us today Gudinos?' I read that they fear owls, which is why you always see
those hideous plastic statues on the roofs of businesses, which gave me an idea.
I asked Meyer if I could borrow her stuffed owl for a few days to help Mommy
with the birds and after a bit of hesitation, she agreed. I had Anthony put the
stuffed owl up on the satellite dish to ward off those little pests. Meyer just
watched and commented, 'my owl is going to scare the birds, so they won't build
a nest?' Let's just hope young one, let’s just hope....The next day we went out
to look and those birds literally just went right around the owl (I swear they
gave him a high five when they passed him) and placed a few twigs on the base
again, ignoring his cute (yet intimidating?) face. I’m sure that if they were
Cinderella's birds, they would have dressed the owl up in a cute pink dress and
Incorporated him into their nest somehow while chirping/mocking us happily.
Jerks! Then, this morning there were two ducks hanging out in the hot tub like
the robins called them over and welcomed them to the bird party! Oh, hell no!!!
I ran out there in my pajamas chasing them away and declared war. Bird war.
