Uncle Sam Joins The Bird War

Someone suggested I might hang flags in our

outside entryway to scare the Barn Swallows away. 

 Seems birds do not like things flapping around.

 At Hobby Lobby I found this Uncle Sam with

streamers and some twisting stick-type thingies.

I know the neighbors must think we're a little crazy

to hang our decorations up so high you can only see

the bottom hanging down from the street view...

Truthfully, this isn't the first crazy thing we've

done so they're probably used to it.

I did add a few holiday decorations to the

planter pots just to add some cheer...

Despite all our gay efforts, the @&%#g birds were

 still trying to nest in the outside chandelier, leaving

their "droppings" right in front of our doorway.

 

 Wild Bill took matters in his own hands and decided

to buy a BB-gun to scare them off. When he came

home the proud owner of a pink one, I thought

maybe he had lost his mind. 

He said:  

"Can you imagine how I would look carrying

what looks like a real gun around the yard?"

And I thought: 

"Yeah...you're going to look so much better with

a little pink Daisy-brand one!

For the next 2 or 3 days, Wild Bill would go out

and shoot his little pink Daisy right under the

birds, not "at" them, but "under" them.

Lo and behold...the birds are gone!

We are bird-poop free.

 Seems just the noise of a nearby gun is

enough to scare them away. 

Some towns and malls have BOOM noise-makers

in place where there's a problem with birds nesting

in large flocks. That's where Wild Bill got the idea.

Thanks for dropping by!