Re-Run Monday: The Bird Battle Begins Again
Here's a new feature, Re-Run Monday. Lots of our old stuff didn't make it over to the new site last year, so we're uploading some of them here on Re-Run Mondays. Some of you might remember them, some of you might be new enough, this will be just like the first time around. Thanks for sticking with us!
By Wendy Pierman Mitzel
3/27/13
Ahhhh Spring!
The daffodils burst yellow from the muddy earth.
A single crocus reaches for the sun.
And the shiny grackle bird spreads its wings in preparation to turd-bomb my backyard swimming pool.
As I said to my son the other day: “It’s not Spring until I start yelling ‘Quit pooping in my pool!’ out the kitchen window.”
Grackles show up in Spring to nest and like Navy Seals carefully plan their siege on my pool cover.
Birdwatching blogs identify them as bullies and now I know why. These birds mock me with their beautiful iridescent feathers and alight on the very tree the little sparrows prefer and either kill them or drive them away.
The sparrows and I are not the only victims of these poop-launching missiles. There are tons of blogs and web-forums dedicated to other’s driven cuckoo by these bird-brains.
Apparently, these Read more...