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Darn, that's brilliant! You short-circuit their yearly duties from the toil of hunting building materials, straight to the job of nesting, and avoid the damage caused by their building. I like that one. I bought a couple of books on various birdhouse designs and build houses for the few songbirds who visit our yard. We have feeders stocked with birdseed all winter and into the spring until natural feed is available again. The resident "gentleman" is a large scrubjay; he floats in, lands high and waits for the little birds to take a break from their feeding. Then he gives a call and floats down to scoop up his share then fly off again. It's really neat to see how he is considerate of the smaller birds and waits his turn for food. I think the songbirds have been declining in numbers lately, and I think it's because the crows have been slowly moving into town instead of working the roads and countryside like they are supposed to do. And they are known to raid the nests of the songbirds for eggs and hatchlings. In another part of town the magpies are a problem but not here. Maybe they don't get along with crows. But even the crows don't invade our half-acre for some reason. Which is OK with me. ;-)  |
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That's fantastic. By putting the nesting box right where they want to build anyway, it solves the problem. I'll remember that in case I ever have this problem. Now if I could just use that theory and put a doggie toilet in my yard and get my neighbor's dog to use it, it sure would solve the problem of random piles scattered all over the place. I don't have much hope, since it seems dogs prefer a nice, clean patch of lawn to deposit a big steamy loaf. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope. |
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ALthough dogs CAN feel and taste pepper spray. It won't hurt them long term, but they sure as hell won't come back. Kevin Karma? Karma is just justice without the satisfaction. |
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[thread drift] I had this problem with an inconsiderate neighbor. He would let his little lap dog do his business in my front yard. He refused to clean up after the little bastard. At first I would just return his "property". When it continued even after I did that I decided to "give" him some of my property too. You see at the time his little poof doggie was all 8 pounds and shit little tootsie rolls. I on the other hand had three LARGE BREED DOGS that shit cow patty sized loafs. Strangely, he started walking his little poof doggie the other direction.[/thread drift]   |
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When my dog got pepper sprayed, it just pissed her dog off. ________________________________________________________________ soitenly - nyuk, nyuk, nyuk |
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