5.23.2010

War of the Birds


Although not quite as scary as Alfred Hitchcock, we definitely have a bird problem going on.  As I type this some robins are building nests on the roof rafters in the back of our house.  This has been going on for more than a month and we thought we had them beat by knocking down their nests whenever they started (before they laid any eggs), until yesterday when...
Of course I knocked this one down as well, but I finally broke down and ordered plastic bird spikes which hopefully will deter them from their home-building enterprise for a while.  I'll let you know how they work when we install them next weekend.  Until then, the war continues.

Let me know about your bird or rodent combat success!

2 comments:

  1. Did you have any spider issues? Our house is loaded with them. Spider city. Not sure if that's just the way things are in the south?? I'm going to get some eucalyptus this weekend as I hear it detracts them...

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  2. Hi! We have those really creapy jumping spiders in our basement. But, they were definitely lessened by the ant treatments we had to have a few years back. I would take the basement spiders over the ants on my food any day!! Ask your neighbors for a LOCALLY-based exterminator (not Terminix or Orkin) and they may be able to help you. For anyone in Northern VA, we use Wards Pest Control and they are AWESEOME!

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