Since we've both been home and using our garage workout areas (weight machine, pull up bars, gymnastic rings) we've left both cars outside in the driveway. Last week, things came to a head.
D has been going crazy and driving me crazy trying to discourage a particular Robin and his bird friends from hanging around and pooping on our cars. To the point where he is yelling to them and telling to them to go away...
I asked him if he was going to start flapping his arms and chasing them next... And if he was going down that road, to make sure he doesn't fall off the deck or do anything even more silly that would necessitate an ER visit as I wasn't going to drive him.
D then decides to order an owl decoy after learning about its effectiveness. It didn't work. No matter where it was mounted or placed. So one of the cars got moved back into the garage and the other onto the street during the day.
The Robin followed it across the street and the pooping continued, albeit less. It doesn't seem to like any of the other vehicles in our neighbourhood. I'm starting to think that the Robin is a reincarnation of one of D's ancesters' enemies.
All the while D is trying to keep the car clean with his hand pressure pump thingy multiple times a day. What are those birds eating?
After 3 days of his whirling about, I had had enough. Remembered him mentioning a car cover and did some research and found some for sale. It gets ordered and was thankfully available for pick it up the same afternoon.
Car got moved back to our driveway and covered. Birds immediately left it alone. No poop since. Something to do with birds not liking to sit on a soft surface. Amazing.
D has been going crazy and driving me crazy trying to discourage a particular Robin and his bird friends from hanging around and pooping on our cars. To the point where he is yelling to them and telling to them to go away...
I asked him if he was going to start flapping his arms and chasing them next... And if he was going down that road, to make sure he doesn't fall off the deck or do anything even more silly that would necessitate an ER visit as I wasn't going to drive him.
D then decides to order an owl decoy after learning about its effectiveness. It didn't work. No matter where it was mounted or placed. So one of the cars got moved back into the garage and the other onto the street during the day.
The Robin followed it across the street and the pooping continued, albeit less. It doesn't seem to like any of the other vehicles in our neighbourhood. I'm starting to think that the Robin is a reincarnation of one of D's ancesters' enemies.
All the while D is trying to keep the car clean with his hand pressure pump thingy multiple times a day. What are those birds eating?
After 3 days of his whirling about, I had had enough. Remembered him mentioning a car cover and did some research and found some for sale. It gets ordered and was thankfully available for pick it up the same afternoon.
Car got moved back to our driveway and covered. Birds immediately left it alone. No poop since. Something to do with birds not liking to sit on a soft surface. Amazing.
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