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A Triumph Issue I never heard of before

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The weather has finally got nice here in Pa, and I have a STRANGE problem. A Robin (the red breasted type with wings) has fallen in love with my 8. THe bird finds my car as soon as i get home and sits on the mirror and craps all over the mirror and door. The bird has twice gotten into my car (yes i leave the window open) and crapped all over the interior. I have to leave the windows up all the time. This crazy bird even sits on the back deck on the fuel cap and chirps all morning to the point where he wakes my son up and poops all over the back window. UGGG
 
Whatever you do, don't ask Jaybird how she dealt with her mockingbird! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/jester.gif
 
Ya beat me to it Mickey... I was gonna say, I hear Jaybird's a crack shot.
 
Maybe get one of those fake cat statues and place it on the top or deck lid when you get home. Like the fake owls at the boat marinas to keep seagulls away. You can keep it in the trunk. That should cure it. On second thought if your luck is like mine the neighbor hood cat will fall in love with your fake cat and try to make kittens on your deck lid. Then you would need a dog. I'd go with the owl. Larry
 
TR3ATR250 said:
Maybe get one of those fake cat statues and place it on the top or deck lid when you get home. Like the fake owls at the boat marinas to keep seagulls away. You can keep it in the trunk. That should cure it. On second thought if your luck is like mine the neighbor hood cat will fall in love with your fake cat and try to make kittens on your deck lid. Then you would need a dog. I'd go with the owl. Larry
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In the big scheme of things, shoot the bird...
 
I used to use a rubber snake on my airplane. It worked well for the smaller birds until something big swooped down and took it away to eat it.
 
I had a similar problem with a truck a few years ago. Apparently the bird saw his reflection and thought it was another bird moving in on his territory. The bird would "attack" the bird in the glass trying to drive it off. I tried various things to solve the problem but none of them worked. Eventually the bird died. Good luck.

Bryan
 
You are lucky, robins are the state bird here in Wisconsin and are protected. They seem to pick out certain things and do their dirty trick on them constantly. My mother used to say, "Lucky thing cows don't fly!"

They once picked out my mail box post. Since it was wood I inserted some spikes in it and the offending bird finally quit. Since you don't want to put spikes in your mirror, you might try knocking the nest down so they move.
 
Robins are too protected in Louisiana. Not too long ago a local Cajun got caught with a couple dozen Robins in his game bag. His only defense before the judge was, "Meh, yur honour, have you ever eat Robin Gumbo??"
 
Just be happy it isn't a goose.

Tom
 
you are lucky it's only a Robin. Down the street from me a pair of crows have taken posession of the Buick. They seem to love the mirriors or anything else that's shiny.
 
Time to get a fake Owl...I once downloaded a picture of an owl and cut it out and stuck it to a chunk of 1" styofoam and hung it next to my shop ...it kept those stupid wrens from nesting in my eaves.
 
That's strange . . . a robin has been attacking my sliding glass door on the breezeway for a few days now. He starts by standing and pecking the glass loudly (which drives our cat absolutely nuts), then proceeds to fly and bang against the glass door for a few minutes.

This occurs about twice a day. My neighbors have a cardinal that dive bombs their bedroom window.

It's "The Birds" all over again, do you think?

I'm glad my cars aren't being attacked!
 
Will the bird stay in the car when you get in? If you can get him to do so. Take him or a long drive and release him.

Otherwise you could burn the car to the ground and get a TR6
 
I had a problem with the neighbors cat once. It used to love to lay on the ragtop on my spit, ripped it up pretty well with its claws. I talked to him several times about it and finally gave the neighbor a simple choice. Either pay for a new top or I'll have a chat with the town animal control officer. I didn't care for his response so I had a conversation with the animal control officer, we have a leash law in the town for cats and dogs.
His cat was caught several times by the animal control officer, he was fined several times and finally had to get rid of the cat. Neighbor confronted me about it but I told him he had a choice to make and made a very poor one. Cost him more in fines then it would have to just pay for my top. But had he just originally listened and kept his cat inside or kept it off my spit...
But Tom's right, just be happy it's not a silly goose.... oh what a mess they make...
Dennis
 
I once looked at a barn find TR3 that squirrels used for their toilet from the rafters above. Bombs away.

Needless to say I didn't but the car and could smell the squirrel pee for weeks afterwards!
 
Robins and all song birds are protected Nation wide.

The owl would probably work best, better yet, park it inside.
 
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