Visited all of the remaining nest boxes to clean them out and bring them back home. I look around for a twig/stick to clean out the houses before carrying them back. This usually doesn't work very well. Short sticks means I get my hand dirty. Long sticks are ungainly. Thin sticks break before I can get the old nest material out of the house. Thick sticks don't get enough leverage to get the encrusted stuff out. My sister gave me a dandelion puller earlier in the year and I carried it along w/ me today. It's sturdy, has two sharp prongs, and is just long enough that I don't have to put my hand down into the cylinder. Turned out to be a perfect bird-house-cleaner-outer. Maybe the company should include that in their advertising.
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That little dandelion puller has soooo many uses. I rarely use it to pop dandelions out of the ground but it just works on so many other little projects. Nice that it works on nest removal, too!!
cjb
I made this my new desktop background.
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