Last year this bird built a nest in our gas grill. She laid her eggs and after the babies were born, we cleaned it out and bought a cover for it.
We recently had a huge storm and lost our grill cover. We went out and bought another one and when we returned home, she had set up shop again!!!We just bought a new grill because it was too hard to clean this time.
We can secure the cover down with bungees or something, but there will be times that the cover will be off (when it's cooling off and we have to leave, etc.) BTW-PLEASE don't say "just stay home then…",etc.~I'm serious. I could really use some good advice here. These grills were expensive!
We can't move the grill because we live in an apartment and we have to keep it on a small porch. I have tried rubber snakes and it didn't work.
Any good advice? Help… Please!
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7 responses so far ↓
1 okayokayokay // Jun 30, 2008
Find another keep grill and next year cover your grill up so she can't get in and leave the other grill expose she will nest in that grill and not the one you will use. You could look into building a nest in your yard it seems that they come back every year
2 aj // Jun 30, 2008
I do not know why they like grills, but they do. I am happy with your concern, but I do not have a solution. Good Luck…
3 Monifa S // Jun 30, 2008
maybe next time you should make some type of makeshift half a bird house and when she builds her nest to and lays the eggs,,place the half a bird house (and i say half a bird house cus if you move her nest away from the original spot, she might not see it) close to the grill so when she flies to it to lay on her eggs,,she will see that they are still safe but in a place of her own. Maybe she will take the hint then and not build in the grill. Then maybe next year put a full birdhouse instead of a half of one, in the same spot or you could just keep the half of one for a couple of years. Make it so it ain't so drafty too, maybe that's why she kept making it in your grill.
4 buffy_the_slayer0046 // Jun 30, 2008
Not sure what type of bird you have, but an owl, with a movable head usually works. Put a plastic box on your porch, and secure it with a bungee cord, then very carefully move the nest into the box. Make sure the box is partially covered.
5 seraphimpigeon // Jun 30, 2008
I know this may sound weird, but hang metal pie pans from string around it…. It may not be attractive but it might work…
or
Buy one of those decoy owls….
6 Gaston // Jun 30, 2008
cover the grill babe
7 Comrade Demitri Dingleberry // Jun 30, 2008
Perhaps the aforementioned brick could help you in this situation.