Bird's nest in rain gutter

Posted by Shaun Eli on April 27, 2008, 11:26 am

> 4d15-89a7-444b3dc88...@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

> > fortunately it's at the high end, the opposite side of the house from
> > the drain... Anybody have a suggestion about how to get them to move,
> > without hurting them? =A0Alternatively, at what point in the summer I
> > could dump the nest because the babies have already flown?
> > fortunately it's at the high end

> Let's see:
> -My cats know what time it is +/- a minute or less.
> -Monarchs go thousands of miles to Mexico, at the right time,
> =A0without needing directions - something the human male has
> =A0yet to master.
> -A herd of a dozen whales, each with a task, will "bubble net"
> =A0schools of fish to feed.
> And you think they put it at that end by chance?

I think they put it at that end because that's likely the only place
they could get under the gutter guard, which apparently has a gap in
it.

Posted by Red Green on April 27, 2008, 8:07 pm

>> news:1059b057-1dc2-
>> 4d15-89a7-444b3dc88...@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

>> > fortunately it's at the high end, the opposite side of the house
>> > from the drain... Anybody have a suggestion about how to get them
>> > to move, without hurting them? Alternatively, at what point in the
>> > summer I could dump the nest because the babies have already flown?
>> > fortunately it's at the high end

>> Let's see:
>> -My cats know what time it is +/- a minute or less.
>> -Monarchs go thousands of miles to Mexico, at the right time,
>> without needing directions - something the human male has
>> yet to master.
>> -A herd of a dozen whales, each with a task, will "bubble net"
>> schools of fish to feed.
>> And you think they put it at that end by chance?

>
> I think they put it at that end because that's likely the only place
> they could get under the gutter guard, which apparently has a gap in
> it.
>

If it wasn't open at that end maybe they would have set up shop
someplace else :-)

They are not like some people in California. "Oh well, there's noplace
left to build safely here so let's build over there right at the edge of
the cliff.

Posted by Roger Shoaf on April 27, 2008, 4:52 pm

Borrow the neighbors cat.

> fortunately it's at the high end, the opposite side of the house from
> the drain... Anybody have a suggestion about how to get them to move,
> without hurting them? Alternatively, at what point in the summer I
> could dump the nest because the babies have already flown?

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