brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:05:40 -0400, "Nancy Young"
> > wrote:

>> Argh. I haven't had any birds actually hatch babies on my house,
>> but every year they find my mailbox on the first halfway decent
>> day and I have to toss out fistfuls of leaves. All spring I have to
>> leave the lid up or some bird will find it. Amazing how much stuff
>> they can put into that mailbox in just a short time.
>
> The robins arrived today, what a legion of worm hunters.

It's creepy, I get flocks of robins in the dead of winter now. I
guess their predecessors forgot to tell them about that 'first
sign of spring' thing.

> Birds don't bother my house, I put up like 20 birdhouses on the trees
> about 50 feet away. I have birds in infinite numbers but those that
> would choose a soffet, mailbox, light fixture and such will much
> rather occupy a proper birdhouse properly located...

I tried a birdhouse last year, near my mailbox, and still on the house.
Someone built a nest in there but no one actually used it. So just
yesterday I bought a wood stake, I'm going to screw the house to
it and pound it into the ground, see how that goes.

I don't kid myself this will keep them out of my mailbox. I think
I'm going to have to modify the lid to accomplish that.

>if you're not
> sure about birdhouses in your area contact your local Audubon Society
> office, they'll be happy to guide you, they sell very nice birdhouses
> too, at very reasonable prices.
>
> Rentals:
> http://i43.tinypic.com/dblaao.jpg

That's exactly what my birdhouse looks like.
>
> Rent is late:
> http://i44.tinypic.com/11viidi.jpg

(laugh)

nancy