...so the barn swallows have just got to move on. Because of all the barn swallow nests, snakes are coming up on the porch--- they're attracted to the eggs, the baby birds, and the adult birds. Wonderful. Just what we need.
Last night just before I went to take Savannah outside for the last time, I looked outside at the porch (checking for snakes because of the one that was hanging above the back door a few days ago)... and there was a long snake making his way up the porch column and right into one of the empty nests along the ledge. I repeat: wonderful.
I called my husband and told him of the latest intruder and he went to the garage and got the long rake and the hoe... and used the rake to pull that nest down and the hoe to kill the snake. Then, just to make sure the snake was really dead, he got the hedge-clippers and cut off its head. Jeez... I'm cringing as I type this blasted thing. It's a wonder I can fall asleep at night, honestly.
So, now the plan is to have our handyman scrape off all of the nests after all the babies are flying and the bird families have gone elsewhere (when it gets too hot here). We'll have to see what we can put up around the porch to keep those birds away next Spring. I know that birds don't like to see owls where they build nests, but there's a lot of columns around this porch... do we need to perch a fake owl on top of each column?
Give me a blessed break. It's going to be a long Summer.
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