Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Preflight Eviction

The weather turned out to be nicer than forecast, so I went to the airport to do a little flying. An unwelcome sight greeted me: I had squatters in the engine compartment of the airplane:



Like a lot of aircraft owners, I have an engine cover over the nose of the airplane. That keeps birds from building nests on top of the engine, which are no fun to get out, as the straw from the nests falls between the cylinders and it all has to be poked out. I have never had birds come up from underneath the cowling and build a nest on the tubes of the engine mount.

All that crap is one nest. There were four little eggs in it. I can see why they'd like to build a nest there; it is completely sheltered from wind and rain and nothing (other than an irate pilot) is going to disturb them.

I set the nest off to the side, with the eggs in it, cleaned all of that other shit out and then went flying. As I was doing that and preflighting the rest of the airplane, a small bird kept flying by and squawking that seemed to be alarm or upset noises. It was probably one of the parents.

I imagine that I'll find another nest, next time. I might have to get some screening to cram in there between flights.

6 comments:

PhysioProf said...

HAHAHAHAH! What kind of fucking birds were they?

One Fly said...

Starlings have got to be the primary suspect.

lahru said...

Moth balls might keep them out.

Comrade Misfit said...

PP, no idea. The eggs were bluish.

One Fly said...

Starling for sure then. These birds contribute nothing but trouble. Keep a male and female for the next ark trip and the rest can go.

I shoot these as sport (shotgun) and they have to be the hardest targets there is. A dove cannot touch the moves these guys make. And the good thing about it it hurts nothing and is actually a positive for the other birds in the area. Plus you can leave them lay. Nasty little bastards.

Unknown said...

ITS that considered as fod?