mice got in, nested, ate the foundations they could reach, peed etc all winter and left it looking and smelling intensely foul. Bees hate mouse smell. In my case, it drove them out and into the adjacent hive where an attractive queen was letting her pherimones (sp) into the air. Fortunately, they didn't fly away, but went next door. We 'split' what was a now a double colony in one hive, and started the renegades with a new queeen. Don't ask me, really; at that point Iwas just following directions! Marie

I can answer your question about what they look like. Young robins are a bit splochier than the adults. They are about the same size. Here is a picture I took last year of a young robin in a tree that the parents were still feeding.

When i first read this account the question that came to my mind was, what is the motivation for the parking space tag? Lets face it, there are 7 parking spaces and 5 vehicles which commonly park there. If my math is correct that would mean there are at least 3 open spaces when tenant #2 parks her vehicle before you arrive. Is is merely a co-incidence that she repeatedly selects the parking place that you have been using? I think not. It appears to me that tenant #2 is playing parking space tag with your for one of two reasons: 1. Obviously there is some type of bad blood between tenant #1 and tenant #2 and no doubt tenant #2 has observed you talking to tenant #1 at some point. Tenant #2 is dying to find out what is being said about her by tenant #1, but since there has been no previous contact between you and tenant #1 she is reluctant to initiate conversation for fear of what your opinion of her might be based upon what she supposes tenant #1 may have said. 2. Tenant #2 may genuinely find you attractive and would like to make your aquaintance but has not found a way to make the initial introduction without appearing to be too bold. In either case, tenant #2 has elected to play this silly parking space tag game to perhaps antagonize you into initiating a conversation.

We discovered a lovely robin's nest--active--in our front yard in our weeping cherry tree. Four beautiful eggs and the mom & dad active. Those eggs, unfortunately, disappeared, and my children and I are heartbroken. We want to encourage more robins, but our location isn't perfect (suburban CT), small yards, etc. But if the robins came once . . . we can't help but think they might nest again. One side of our house is quieter, we have vinyl siding, and there's some eave over there that could provide a bit of shelter. What is the best way to hang a nest shelf on vinyl siding without puncturing the siding? Is it even possible?