The Ford Barn

Cornishman · 05-13-2017, 03:12 AM

My Model A, another car and a car trailer all fit snugly in one of my barns. The trailer has to go in first, the Model A then sits on the trailer and the other car just fits in between the trailer and the door. As it's a big, old airy barn both cars are covered by dust sheets. Earlier in the week I was in the barn and noticed that the dust sheet covering the Ford had a new covering, bird sh1t. A pair of swallows have nested on one of the beams above the car and will be there for a fair while. There is no space to rearrange the cars so now there is a cardboard box on top of the dust sheet on top of the Ford which is itself on top of the trailer. A simple solution to a mucky problem.

Mike V. Florida · 05-13-2017, 04:55 AM

Get a cat to "swallow" the birds.

JDupuis · 05-13-2017, 04:57 AM

That's thinking "outside the box"!

. Jeff

pooch · 05-13-2017, 05:05 AM

Slug gun fixes the problem.

updraught · 05-13-2017, 05:13 AM

Swallows are cool. What brand are they, barn swallows?

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1crosscut · 05-13-2017, 08:17 AM

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Had a pair of barn swallows insistent on building a nest on the top of my garage door opener. Every time I opened the door they were in like a shot and working on building a nest. Even after pulling it down several times they just kept rebuilding it. I finally stopped them by putting a pop can into the nest. Problem solved. Don't get me wrong as I really like barn swallows but it just wasn't going to work well for either of us in the house garage.

Now on the other hand at my shop at work I have a nest box just outside the overhead door that a pair of tree swallows come back to every year. They love to line their nest with feathers. The female will fly into my shop and take feathers right out of my hand.

BILL WILLIAMSON · 05-13-2017, 11:52 AM

If I leave my garden house door ajar for awhile, the Danged Doves nest in it!!! Then I just let them "do their thing" & block the door open. SEE, I'm not such a "BAD GUY"--At my age, I "try" not to get too EXCITED---LOL
Bill Nature

40 Deluxe · 05-13-2017, 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cornishman

My Model A, another car and a car trailer all fit snugly in one of my barns. The trailer has to go in first, the Model A then sits on the trailer and the other car just fits in between the trailer and the door. As it's a big, old airy barn both cars are covered by dust sheets. Earlier in the week I was in the barn and noticed that the dust sheet covering the Ford had a new covering, bird sh1t. A pair of swallows have nested on one of the beams above the car and will be there for a fair while. There is no space to rearrange the cars so now there is a cardboard box on top of the dust sheet on top of the Ford which is itself on top of the trailer. A simple solution to a mucky problem.

Might want to line the box with plastic so the bird poo doesn't soak through and eat some paint.

Beauford · 05-13-2017, 03:26 PM

Rubber snakes....place around inside. Or a plastic Owl.

Ted Duke · 05-13-2017, 06:03 PM

Birds are A PIA around barns, BUT barn swallows eat their weight in bugs. Watch someone mowing a field for hay. The barn swallows aren't admiring the tractor.

Now pigeons are a different story, they are illegal aliens.

05-13-2017, 03:12 AM	#1
Cornishman Senior Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: Le Ravary, France Posts: 241	A unusual seasonal problem. My Model A, another car and a car trailer all fit snugly in one of my barns. The trailer has to go in first, the Model A then sits on the trailer and the other car just fits in between the trailer and the door. As it's a big, old airy barn both cars are covered by dust sheets. Earlier in the week I was in the barn and noticed that the dust sheet covering the Ford had a new covering, bird sh1t. A pair of swallows have nested on one of the beams above the car and will be there for a fair while. There is no space to rearrange the cars so now there is a cardboard box on top of the dust sheet on top of the Ford which is itself on top of the trailer. A simple solution to a mucky problem.

05-13-2017, 04:55 AM	#2
Mike V. Florida Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: South Florida Posts: 14,054	Re: A unusual seasonal problem. Get a cat to "swallow" the birds. __________________ What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them. - Henry Ford II

05-13-2017, 04:57 AM	#3
JDupuis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Maryhill Ont Canada Posts: 834	Re: A unusual seasonal problem. That's thinking "outside the box"! . Jeff __________________ Let's let pylons, be pylons!

05-13-2017, 05:05 AM	#4
pooch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: South Coast NSW Australia Posts: 2,596	Re: A unusual seasonal problem. Slug gun fixes the problem.

05-13-2017, 05:13 AM	#5
updraught Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Australia Posts: 1,971	Re: A unusual seasonal problem. Swallows are cool. What brand are they, barn swallows? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencete...on-Africa.html

05-13-2017, 08:17 AM	#6
1crosscut Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lincoln, Nebraska Posts: 1,909	Re: A unusual seasonal problem. Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) Had a pair of barn swallows insistent on building a nest on the top of my garage door opener. Every time I opened the door they were in like a shot and working on building a nest. Even after pulling it down several times they just kept rebuilding it. I finally stopped them by putting a pop can into the nest. Problem solved. Don't get me wrong as I really like barn swallows but it just wasn't going to work well for either of us in the house garage. Now on the other hand at my shop at work I have a nest box just outside the overhead door that a pair of tree swallows come back to every year. They love to line their nest with feathers. The female will fly into my shop and take feathers right out of my hand. __________________ Dave / Lincoln Nebraska

05-13-2017, 11:52 AM	#7
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: A unusual seasonal problem. If I leave my garden house door ajar for awhile, the Danged Doves nest in it!!! Then I just let them "do their thing" & block the door open. SEE, I'm not such a "BAD GUY"--At my age, I "try" not to get too EXCITED---LOL Bill Nature __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"

05-13-2017, 03:26 PM	#9
Beauford Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: VA Posts: 569	Re: A unusual seasonal problem. Rubber snakes....place around inside. Or a plastic Owl.

05-13-2017, 06:03 PM	#10
Ted Duke Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fairfield, Virginia Posts: 615	Re: A unusual seasonal problem. Birds are A PIA around barns, BUT barn swallows eat their weight in bugs. Watch someone mowing a field for hay. The barn swallows aren't admiring the tractor. Now pigeons are a different story, they are illegal aliens.