For the birds

Hold on Gary! You need to contact DNR, Federal Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, Federal Dept. of Endangered Species, The Indiana Dept of Conservation, Federal Dept of Flood Control (their nests probably help the beavers control flooding). After that call your local Sheriff. Make sure all applicable forms are dated, signed and notorized. Make three copies.

After that, blast the SOBs away!!!

What birds, I never saw any birds!

You'd probably shoot Bambi, too.

...We use to have a couple of Blue 'Scrub Jays' (birds), living in the Canphor Tree in our front yard. They would 'Dive-Bomb' our Cats constantly, day in and day out for Weeks on End! The Cats were in a state of fear to even go outside! One day I arrived home from work to find, on the Entrance WalkWay, a pile of Blue feathers and the remains of ONE leg. This has happened More than Once! End of Story!!...

Flying in I landed in a thick wet snow event. The snow coming down was wet but heavy. Visibility poor. I turned off the runway onto the taxi way. The taxi way was plowed but narrow. I have to keep the propellers of the turboprop away from the snow ridges because I have about 12" clearance.

I see a very small mound of snow in the way of the right prop. No problem, 5" max height. As I go over "Woosh" into the prop. What the hey?

I get to the next one on the left. I scrutinize this even more. Absolutely no more then 5" clearance assured. "Woosh" in the prop. WHAT THE HEY!

Props are slow and you just hear it spread across the nose a bit. Very similar to ice shed from the blades in flight.

I taxi in, tell my passengers goodbye, walk around to the front, DOVE PARTS EVERYWHERE!!! It was not a small snow mound but quick made nest doves made. When the props got over them they jumped up!!

What a mess.

I went to the barn, pulled out the fake owl and hung it from a Shepard's hook. It's swinging int he wind. They have not been back..

Just hope I don't attract owl. We have tons of them out here. I see them everyday driving to work.

My Moms home has the same problem, I will have to ask her what she does ...the wol trick seems to ring a bell.

ROn

The owl cleared this window but it's off to other windows. I think were going to get some rubber snakes. These birds are nuts!

We had one last week, fortunately he stopped when I opened the blinds. I think it is to do with seeing their reflection in the window, either they see it as an opposing suitor to attack or a possible sh*g, not sure which.