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TabithaLenox
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Kim
Gettysburg PA
USA
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Posted - May 12 2008 :  08:17:32 AM  Show Profile
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep birds from building bird's nests in our truck engines? We've been here a couple of years and this is the first Spring we've had this problem. The birds look like Grackles and they just won't leave our trucks alone.

Kim

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Alee
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Alee
Worland Wy
USA
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Posted - May 12 2008 :  09:30:12 AM  Show Profile  Send Alee a Yahoo! Message
I wonder if there is something stinky you could spray on your hood or something to make them want to stay away?

Alee
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Mumof3
True Blue Farmgirl

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Karin
Ellenwood GA
USA
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Posted - May 12 2008 :  10:35:48 AM  Show Profile
Or sticky? Like maybe duct tape rolled up sticky-side out, that would catch them, but not harm them. Good luck!

Karin

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jpbluesky
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Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - May 12 2008 :  10:49:39 AM  Show Profile
Or you could place a fake owl on the hood of your truck as a hood ornament. It would get lots of attention, and perhaps scare the grackles. :)

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TabithaLenox
True Blue Farmgirl

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Kim
Gettysburg PA
USA
605 Posts

Posted - May 12 2008 :  10:53:17 AM  Show Profile
I have a fake owl that I've been putting all around the truck but those darn birds seem to eventually figure out that the owl isn't real! Smart birds for sure.... My husband just ordered a battery operated owl that has a motion detector...apparently it hoots, rotates it's head around like in the movie 'The Exorcist' and has a strobe light. LOL, I'm hoping that will do it!

Kim

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