This is what I have been dealing with for the past few weeks.
My barbecue covered in bird poop.
Well, to be honest with you, we've been dealing with
bird poop around this house for YEARS.
For some reason the birds love our back porch.
They love our furniture.
They love the wishing well we have out in our front yard.
They love the rock wall we built around the back porch.
They love our mailbox.
But this year it's really bad.
They've taken over our grill.
One bird in particular keeps trying to build her nest inside our grill.
I have cleaned this out quite a few times.
Michael thought putting the "owl" on a stick by the grill
would scare the bird away.
Didn't work.
Obviously.
I went out on the back porch last night to see the sunset.
Never did get to see that sunset.
I was too busy trying to figure out how to clean this mess.
Thankfully our neighbor was out in his yard staking his tomato plants.
Michael went and asked him to come help me.
There's even stuff at the bottom of the grill...
So between the three of us, we managed to get the grill down off the
back porch and onto the grass and empty everything out of it.
The whole time we're doing this,
that STUPID bird sat on top of my neighbor's house
"yelling" at us.
You would think the neighbor's cat who lives over at my house
would have taken care of this bird for me.
But he's too busy sleeping on the furniture we purchased
for him to be comfortable.
I am at my breaking point.
Seriously.
sanjeet says
I thought this might take care of the wasp problem, but no, they are coexisting nicely.
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Elena says
We have a lot of birds, Brewers Black bird and they poop all over our stuff too. They are mean little guys right now because their baby birds are coming out of the nests, getting ready to fly and they think you are going to bother them, so they dive bomb you!! I totally empathize with you:)
Walking on Sunshine... says
Okay, Andrea, could you please send that cat over here? I could some help!
andrea says
They seem to be very territorial little creatures!! We have a whole bunch of ugly brown ones around here. They keep building nests in the gutters and everywhere else. I can't stand them. My kids were playing outside yesterday and they came in screaming that the neighbor's cat had killed one in our front yard. I went out and sure enough, he had not only killed it but was sitting there eating away, looking very pleased with himself.
Cinner says
I love watching birds but sometimes, oh my. I quit a job once because a bird pooped on my head. It was a telephone soliciting place, i disliked the job, as I was leaving my shift I said please God, just give me a sign, when I opened the door, the bird pooped on me, I walked back up and quit my job. I think that was the sign I was looking for. I would get a cover for the barbecue I think, all the best, will be thinking about you.
Miss Debbie says
Oh my goodness, what a mess! At our house, it is the squirrels. They chewed into our swing cushion and pulled out stuffing for their nests. They also sit in the trees, eat hickory nuts and throw the remnants down on the sidewalks and on US when we are in the back yard... the little rascals!!
Chatty Crone says
That must be so frustrating - I can imagine the bird watching you clean things and screaming at the same time. So sorry friend. Sandie