Date:         Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:36:06 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: toothpaste
Comments: To: ed donnen <spliced.surprise@GMAIL.COM>
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  Funny!

Birds are extremely territorial, especially with their own kind. In
spring this year during mating season a Cardinal discovered himself in
the mirrors on my van. He would fly at the image all day, slamming
himself against the glass, squawking noisily at the competition and
spraying feces all over the mirror and windows. He would attack the bird
in both mirrors making a mess on both sides of my van. That stuff cannot
be allowed to stay any time on the paint as it is acid and will leach
out the color leaving spots and streaks. Short of killing him, I had to
do something, then it occurred to me to put shopping bags over the
mirrors. that helped. But he still saw a bird in the door windows ( I
have a fairly reflective tint on the glass) and crapped up the door
glass too. I cut plastic garbage bags and hung them out the windows and
trapped the ends when the glass was rolled up, letting the other end
hang down. over the glass. This did the trick. After a couple of weeks
of of not seeing the competition, he finally left and didn't come back.
I expect his hormones changed as did the season.

John

John Rodgers
Clayartist and Moldmaker
88'GL VW Bus Driver
Chelsea, AL
Http://www.moldhaus.com


On 6/22/2011 3:24 PM, ed donnen wrote:
> OK- now this is just plain weird.  This may be a down side to cleaning
> rust stain off with toothpaste.  My Doka is in my driveway, and I went
> inside for a while because it's too hot.  A cat bird landed on my wing
> mirror,  then hopped/flew on to the cab top, and every other high
> surface on the car.  I watched this performance thinking nice
> thoughts.  Then I just went back outside.  The *#$$()!@ cat bird
> pooped ALL over my car, from every high spot.  First cat bird,"did you
> see ed's Doka?"  Second cat bird, "Yep, I just spotted it!"
>
> ed- should I laugh or cry?
>
>