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Reply to NJ2NC (Reply #12)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:04 PM

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Ack......the robin is back again this year trying to build a nest on my front porch light next to my front door. [View all] a kennedy Saturday OP

Hey, you gotta protect your own habitat Walleye Saturday #1

Can you stuff a box or egg carton up there until she gives up? Hope22 Saturday #2

I tried putting a heavy metalish can up there she just put the material on top of the can!!! a kennedy Saturday #3

I wedged a board into that space and it solved the problem. Don't know if that will work for you but it did for me. efhmc Saturday #11

You got a robin EYESORE 9001 Saturday #4

Have you tried placing an owl figurine in the area,... magicarpet Saturday #5

Hmmmmmm, owl figurine......that is possible......but those spike things??? Yikes, a big fat no to those. a kennedy Saturday #6

Well with the spike thing,... the bird does not get stabbed by them. magicarpet Saturday #7

Install a birdhouse made for Robins Bluestocking Saturday #8

Point well taken. Within the curtilage I will abide neither WheelWalker Saturday #9

Our loving crows get rid of them silently. They raid the unguarded eggs. GreenWave Saturday #10

Birds nest NJ2NC Saturday #12

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #17

For years and years, I had robins who built a nest on top of my outdoor garage lights, but the lights never SWBTATTReg Saturday #13

For the last 2 years morning doves have used a robins nest under our soffit. a kennedy Sunday #18

We put a softball on top of our light Luciferous Sunday #14

My husband is tormented by swallows that get into the garage and nest in the rafters. He lets them be, though, Vinca Sunday #15

A rubber snake would solve the problem. JustKay Sunday #16

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