I was doing some Spring readiness in the yard yesterday when I noticed some white stuff at one end of the house. I picked it up and realized it was like thick white paint chips. Looking up, I saw a bird nest under the eaves in what is probably the attic vent. I don't have a ladder tall enough for me to climb up there so I will have to call a handyman. Also, will have to put up some kind of durable screen over that area and paint where they knocked off the chips.

So there you have it......birds of any sort can be destructive and COSTLY!

I'll have to pay the worker, buy some kind of screen, and buy paint!

valerie wrote: I was doing some Spring readiness in the yard yesterday when I noticed some white stuff at one end of the house. I picked it up and realized it was like thick white paint chips. Looking up, I saw a bird nest under the eaves in what is probably the attic vent.

Reading this I thought you were going to say that it turned out to be dried pigeon poop

The attic vents are normally on the roof, at the top, unless yours is sideways (finished attic ?) yeah I think I know what you mean, common for birds nests, but also common for wasps too, there have been many homes here last summer with wasps problems, this is an area wasps love

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I don't have a ladder tall enough for me to climb up there so I will have to call a handyman. Also, will have to put up some kind of durable screen over that area and paint where they knocked off the chips.

Yeah it'll cost you maybe $2k-$4k, that's what it would cost here for a simple job, those were the costs 5 years ago - unless you know some handyman - perhaps that tree cutter friend of yours ? Though it's not a good idea climbing a ladder under the influence It makes you wonder, of all the places why do birds make their nests there. But think of it this way - better to have a birds nest than large wasps nest also at least it wasn't a pigeon's nest although you wouldn't need new paint, they would do it for you

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So there you have it......birds of any sort can be destructive and COSTLY!

I'll have to pay the worker, buy some kind of screen, and buy paint!

Yes birds are very destructive and costly, but nowhere near as humans. But you noticed a nest just from the chipped paint, you didn't see the nest or see unusual bird activity first ?

No I did not notice anything until I saw those paint chips.

The weather is warming and I was walking across the yard to the other driveway to the shop.
The shop is full of my junk and I was getting out my umbrella stand and umbrella for the back deck.
After doing that, I was walking back along that driveway and happen to see some white stuff that looked like trash.
I bent down to pick it up and noticed several more pieces and realized it was thick dried paint. That's when I looked up and saw the nest built into one slat of a vent and paint chipped.

Yes there are vents on the roof too.

There's a handyman that lives near me that charges $13 an hour. He's an older gentleman and after I think the nest is empty, I'll go over there and see if I can get him to help. I'm pretty sure he will know what to do. I don't think it will cost me much to have him remove the nest and apply some sort of screen and paint that area. I may be out a couple hundred bucks but shouldn't be more than that.

There is not a tree in my yard! Crazy birds should go to the trees!

kanjoormadam09 wrote: Yes humans are far better than these pigeons though there may be other good birds. Those pigeons really make ugly everywhere and their poos smell very bad . i wonder how some people rear them as pets. I feel irritated on seeing those ugly creatures

Pigeons as pets - ask about people who have snakes as pets, crocodiles as pets, scorpions as pets, there's all kinds in this world, I can imagine someone with 12 pet pigeons flying around the house and in the middle of the night rrrrr....rrrrrrrrrr.rrrrrrrrrrrr.rrrrrrrrrrr.........rrrrrrrrrr - My advice, if you want pet pigeons, make sure you have white carpet and a huge supply of Febreeze

I will never have pigeons as my pet as I don't want to live in dirtiness

valerie wrote: I was doing some Spring readiness in the yard yesterday when I noticed some white stuff at one end of the house. I picked it up and realized it was like thick white paint chips. Looking up, I saw a bird nest under the eaves in what is probably the attic vent. I don't have a ladder tall enough for me to climb up there so I will have to call a handyman. Also, will have to put up some kind of durable screen over that area and paint where they knocked off the chips.

So there you have it......birds of any sort can be destructive and COSTLY!

I'll have to pay the worker, buy some kind of screen, and buy paint!

Birds are very cunning and mischievous that we humans are sometimes betrayed by them

kanjoormadam09 wrote:

valerie wrote: I was doing some Spring readiness in the yard yesterday when I noticed some white stuff at one end of the house. I picked it up and realized it was like thick white paint chips. Looking up, I saw a bird nest under the eaves in what is probably the attic vent. I don't have a ladder tall enough for me to climb up there so I will have to call a handyman. Also, will have to put up some kind of durable screen over that area and paint where they knocked off the chips.

So there you have it......birds of any sort can be destructive and COSTLY!

I'll have to pay the worker, buy some kind of screen, and buy paint!

Birds are very cunning and mischievous that we humans are sometimes betrayed by them

Well if you had a choice, a pigeon's nest or giant killer hornets nest in your backyard, what would be your preference ? You must choose only one, none is not a valid answer

thanks madam for sharing this video. It clearly shows humans are responsible for their population growth. I sometimes feel to shoot them when seen in groups in the street rather than feeding them

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kanjoormadam09 wrote:

valerie wrote: I was doing some Spring readiness in the yard yesterday when I noticed some white stuff at one end of the house. I picked it up and realized it was like thick white paint chips. Looking up, I saw a bird nest under the eaves in what is probably the attic vent. I don't have a ladder tall enough for me to climb up there so I will have to call a handyman. Also, will have to put up some kind of durable screen over that area and paint where they knocked off the chips.

So there you have it......birds of any sort can be destructive and COSTLY!

I'll have to pay the worker, buy some kind of screen, and buy paint!

Birds are very cunning and mischievous that we humans are sometimes betrayed by them

Well if you had a choice, a pigeon's nest or giant killer hornets nest in your backyard, what would be your preference ? You must choose only one, none is not a valid answer

I will have both of them so that population of dirty pigeons is lost from my site

kanjoormadam09 wrote: thanks madam for sharing this video. It clearly shows humans are responsible for their population growth. I sometimes feel to shoot them when seen in groups in the street rather than feeding them

Disclaimer: You meant the pigeons

Well what do you call such human beings ? ENABLERS. Can we blame the pigeons, they have needs too, which is dump No. 2's, just like humans, albeit, humans have the convenience of going to the toilet, for pigeons, it is more difficult to find the nearest toilet since they are outdoors most of the time and they fly

This is like raccoon, if you befriend them and start feeding them (not recommended ) you'll have the army of them at your doorstep. There was this guy I don't know where, who was feeding them grapes, cookies, hot dogs, and some stuff, the whole lot of them. For pigeons you see people all around throw them bread crumbs, seeds, of course they are going to come back, unfortunately pigeons do not have money, so their payment currency is pigeon dung (probably worth more than the Ruble at the moment )

Human beings are big complainers, but even worse, ENABLERS - you kind of lose your right to complain when you ENABLE what you are complaining about. If you are constantly feeding the stray cats, birds, vermin in your area and they all surround your home, don't complain

No need to complain as we humans are responsible for all sorts of nonsense in the world

Birds can look quite innocent, most cause no harm, other than their poo landing on your face But otherwise, birds can be a major threat - people who are familiar with aviation might know this - birds flying nearby planes can be sucked into the spinning turbines and the impact can cause serious damage and cause failure, in some cases causing plane crashes or emergency landings. I've heard of people petting pigeons - or trying to catch them, touch them, I mean do they wash their hands afterwards, likely not, these are not pet birds you buy in a store, and in some countries, they eat'em that and other wild animals - this mangling has caused the pandemic. In some countries they eat pigeons, snakes, etc, no thank you I'll pass on snake soup ...... even on this side of the planet people eat birds. The most I ahve had past shrimp, lobster, chicken, crabs, etc, is frog legs oh yeah and quail

if you are from India ,then you know that the pigeons play an important role in our country to convey the messages.it is the historical bird.

Many superstitious beliefs related to birds and animals are prevalent in Hindu society which irritates me. I am saying that there is nothing moral in protecting creatures which are harmful to us. Anything that disrupts ones smooth life should be destroyed which is the rule of Nature

Well I think the problem always comes back to humans being responsible or I should say, un-responsible.

Pigeons are very smart birds and have some qualities that are better than people. The problem is, people have consumed the world and destroyed many predators that are responsible for populations. Raptures, hawks, eagles, and the like that consume pigeons, have low population to no population in cities. The next problem is people being nasty and throwing their garbage and food into the streets. Pigeons have learned where to go for food.

Pigeons are incredibly complex and intelligent bird

kanjoormadam09 wrote: Many superstitious beliefs related to birds and animals are prevalent in Hindu society which irritates me. I am saying that there is nothing moral in protecting creatures which are harmful to us. Anything that disrupts ones smooth life should be destroyed which is the rule of Nature

Can humans sometimes fit the description of creatures too ?

It's a red herring - we have to be careful with that - because there are lots of things in life that are disruptive, we can't just go around destroying them, we cannot destroy people who disrupts us, at least not physically As far as destroying animals, well, there is too many of that - people are destroying stuff that are NOT a disruption to their lives.
Sure if you have cockroaches (larger than your hands) crawling and jumping all over the place in your house, you must destroy them If you think really close, yeah it is the rule of nature - to eat we must destroy nature, and wait a minute vegetarians are destroyers too, plants, flowers, destroyed - we destroy trees daily for paper, wood, etc, we destroy the environment with pollutants to run business and economy. Not to mention all the tiny insects with squish on a daily basis whilst we walk outside, down to even the trillions of living bacteria on our skin when we shower (for those who actually shower ) We are destroyers - they should have been more specific in the commandment though shall not kill - does it apply to anything non human like grass, trees, etc, because that would be impossible as even in Scriptures people killed and destroyed to eat and survive!

They should have added more, like thou shall not change time, though shall not mutilate your body (ear piercing and sex change counts as mutilation), 'nuff said. So much mangling with nature, this MANGLING of nature is why we are stuck with this pandemic and a new one very close to starting.

Creation and destruction are rules of Nature .No one can disrupt it. Then the sin of killing is the moral thing that man developed .No other creatures follow the sin of killing on other creatures than their own species. Even in some creatures they kill their own species members. So killing anything for a sustainable life is not a sin. But unwanted killing should be avoided like as in the case of wars.

nancyDaud wrote: Pigeons are incredibly complex and intelligent bird

YES they are really complex creatures . i have never seen the young ones of these creatures . They come out only after being grown up. Also regarding intelligence they are ahead of humans. They can clearly identify the friends and enemies among humans. beings once they had an experience. Only thing is that irritates me is their lack of cleanliness and the sound they produce