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mrokern wrote:

What are the birds that sound like Nelson from the Simpsons (annoying two-tone call, high to low)?

If it wouldn't result in more than a few legal problems, I'd be tempted to see what a 9mm would do to one of those at 5:30am. :lol:

-Mark

ttreml3 wrote:

mrokern wrote:

-Mark

Probably a black capped chickadee "feedeee"

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I have this little bird that comes to visit every morning between 4:50
AND 5:10AM every day. He dosen't sing though. He has this chirp
thats really more like a click. Loud as hell for as small as he is. He
goes chirp chirp chirp over and over for an hour or so like a dripping
water faucet. He's only about 4 inches tall but he just echos outside
my bedroom window. Now I'm a peace loving hippie dude who loves
animals and children and all the wonderfully pure things in this
world, but I want to take that little guy and put him in a sock and
BEAT HIM AGAINST THE WALL TILL HE'S FREAKIN' DEAD.

Lenny7 wrote:

A little blurb someone sent to me once...

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having been there before, I can relate.

Author:	ree [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:35 am ]
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I tried putting this up outside. <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/evaneaston/SA315I3RJ1I/AAAAAAAAAfM/f-WZQcQ9rB0/s400/RobinFreeZones.png" /> The little f*ckers keep showing up at 5am. For those who don't get it, this is what they sound like. Working from home, I try to sleep in until 6:30 or so.

Author:	plblark [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:36 am ]
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That was well done.

Author:	ree [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:37 am ]
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Perhaps I didn't use a big enough font.

Author:	mrokern [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:39 am ]
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What are the birds that sound like Nelson from the Simpsons (annoying two-tone call, high to low)? If it wouldn't result in more than a few legal problems, I'd be tempted to see what a 9mm would do to one of those at 5:30am. -Mark

Author:	plblark [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 8:43 am ]
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I think when I get up in the middle of the night I'm going to start putting the cat out. If the birds don't announce their presence, they shouldn't have a problem, right?

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Author:	ttreml3 [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:18 am ]
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mrokern wrote: What are the birds that sound like Nelson from the Simpsons (annoying two-tone call, high to low)? If it wouldn't result in more than a few legal problems, I'd be tempted to see what a 9mm would do to one of those at 5:30am. -Mark Probably a black capped chickadee "feedeee"

Author:	mrokern [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:27 am ]
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ttreml3 wrote: mrokern wrote: What are the birds that sound like Nelson from the Simpsons (annoying two-tone call, high to low)? If it wouldn't result in more than a few legal problems, I'd be tempted to see what a 9mm would do to one of those at 5:30am. -Mark Probably a black capped chickadee "feedeee" That's it!!!! %^&$#@ things like to sit outside our bedroom window. The wife? She sleeps like the dead. Me? Not so much!!! -Mark

Author:	G27 [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:36 am ]
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It's clear that the robins are ignoring your sign due to the fact that the font is not the correct height and they were not posted according to state law with a sign bottom height of 8 feet and you didn't post one in each tree in the yard. Not to mention the lack of a contrasting background color.

Author:	ttousi [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:57 am ]
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Declare yourself a church then you don't have to even post......the robins will know through some type of divine communication. Problem solved. then again a cat would also work

Author:	mnglocker [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:02 am ]
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Wait until you get one that finds their reflection in your window. Robins and Cardinals are VERY territorial when in mating season. I had one that would bomb my window from sunrise to 5pm non-stop for two weeks. After two weeks it stopped.

Author:	ttreml3 [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:06 am ]
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Maybe try training a coopers hawk to sit on you roof for free victuals in the morning? Kestrels are too small for robins, I think. I'm vehemently apposed to the cat, though. Just my humble opinion and all that...

Author:	Lenny7 [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:11 am ]
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A little blurb someone sent to me once... Quote: I have this little bird that comes to visit every morning between 4:50 AND 5:10AM every day. He dosen't sing though. He has this chirp thats really more like a click. Loud as hell for as small as he is. He goes chirp chirp chirp over and over for an hour or so like a dripping water faucet. He's only about 4 inches tall but he just echos outside my bedroom window. Now I'm a peace loving hippie dude who loves animals and children and all the wonderfully pure things in this world, but I want to take that little guy and put him in a sock and BEAT HIM AGAINST THE WALL TILL HE'S FREAKIN' DEAD. having been there before, I can relate.

Author:	ree [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:24 am ]
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Apparently, I'm not alone. It's really only an issue if I'm more well rested. I should start staying up until 2am again so I'm constantly exhausted and able to sleep through the noise.

Author:	Selurcspi [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:04 pm ]
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Lenny7 wrote: A little blurb someone sent to me once... Quote: I have this little bird that comes to visit every morning between 4:50 AND 5:10AM every day. He dosen't sing though. He has this chirp thats really more like a click. Loud as hell for as small as he is. He goes chirp chirp chirp over and over for an hour or so like a dripping water faucet. He's only about 4 inches tall but he just echos outside my bedroom window. Now I'm a peace loving hippie dude who loves animals and children and all the wonderfully pure things in this world, but I want to take that little guy and put him in a sock and BEAT HIM AGAINST THE WALL TILL HE'S FREAKIN' DEAD. having been there before, I can relate. As I awoke this morning when all good things are born a robin perched upon my sill to welcome in the morn He was young a spry and fragile and sweetly did he sing sweet thoughts of joy and happiness into my heart did spring I smiled at the robin’s song then leaning from my bed I gently closed the window and crushed his little head!

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Author:	Scott Hughes [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:20 pm ]
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Thanks for the poem Selurcspi After a long winter seeing the birds return is the welcoming of spring, until they start doing the things that get under your skin. I had a friend who had several whippoorwills doing their nocturnal songs. After several weeks with no sleep my friend was showing signs of near total psychosis. I mean completely unhinged. He was trying to come up with ways to get rid of those birds, and not all of them were rational. A residential development was going in next to his property and they were knocking down all the trees. I think that is what finally drove the birds away (and his return to sanity). You have my sympathies Ree