Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Welding for the birds?

Was out in the garage the other afternoon with the garage door open and had noticed some birds hanging out nearby.  I didn't mind much until they started to fly into the garage on occasion. They went away and I didn't think much about them until I saw something fly into the corner.  I suddenly had a feeling that some baby birds might be hiding under equipment along the wall so I went to shoo them away.  It wasn't a baby bird but it left the garage.

So I headed back toward my welding cart to get some tools out of a drawer when something came flying out of the drawer at high speed.  I nearly screamed  like a girl (but with manly undertones).  After a minute I opened the drawer and found that a bird (sparrow it seems) was trying to build a nest in my welding drawer.  I tend to leave the drawer slightly ajar as it is hard to get to unless I roll the cart outside.

Got the drawer cleaned out a bit.  Keeping the drawer closed now.  Very glad that there were no eggs yet.  Could be fun to get some bird size welding goggles and make some feathered friends..  As long as they don't nest or make a mess in my helmet!

I have had a good amount of wildlife encounters since starting to weld and do other metal working.  Good for stories and plenty of laughter from the family. 

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