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Old 06-19-2011, 03:40 PM
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About a month ago, I was looking at the shelves in our hangar that hold completed assemblies and new parts for our project plane, and noticed that the box for the oil cooler, which I had left open, sitting on a shelf about five feet up, has a couple of bits of straw sticking out. reaching up to see how that had gotten in that, I was startled out of my socks by a bird flying out!! I almost dropped the oil cooler right then and there, but managed to to hang on - and inside the open box was a nest with three eggs. Knowing it was probably futile, but not wanting to give up a brand new Niagara 20002A to the birds, I relocated the nest to a nearby tree.
Paul, have you considered the possibility that birds just really love FWF parts, wherever they may happen to be?

Several years back, a couple guys from RANS came out to our local EAA chapter (now defunct) to show off one of their airplanes. After a nice show and tell and a picnic lunch, they went to fire up and discovered that the birds had built the beginnings of a big nest right on top of their Rotax while they were away. We couldn't believe the amount of stuff they had managed to pack in there in just a couple hours. I always think about this when I'm peering into the cowl inlets looking for tell-tale signs of bird activity...

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Old 06-20-2011, 09:20 AM
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Loved the photographic story! The play-by-play made your event more suspenseful! Haha

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Old 06-24-2011, 05:16 AM
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... built that nest in two days.... maximum!

I've checked the Cherokee's records now, and when we found the nest, the plane had been sitting on the ground for two days.

Ofcourse I'm now assuming that the pilot who flew the plane at that time, did a through preflightcheck and made sure the where no nests at that time.

Based on the reponses here in this tread, it looks quite possible that the nest could have been built during those two days.

All planes at my aeroclub are now beeing parked with spunges every time...

For the record: my -7 has been parked with Vans intake-covers since day 1...
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Old 06-24-2011, 08:51 AM
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About a month ago, I was looking at the shelves in our hangar that hold completed assemblies and new parts for our project plane, and noticed that the box for the oil cooler, which I had left open, sitting on a shelf about five feet up, has a couple of bits of straw sticking out. reaching up to see how that had gotten in that, I was startled out of my socks by a bird flying out!! I almost dropped the oil cooler right then and there, but managed to to hang on - and inside the open box was a nest with three eggs. Knowing it was probably futile, but not wanting to give up a brand new Niagara 20002A to the birds, I relocated the nest to a nearby tree.

Inside the hangar, up on a shelf....no place is safe!

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Old 06-24-2011, 12:52 PM
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Some years ago I worked for a corporate flight department based at Dallas Love. The tin roof of our hangar was getting rusty so it was decided to replace it. As the roofers proceeded to work much insulation and other trash hit the floor. As I was walking across one day I noticed a nest that had been knocked down. Except for droppings and feathers it was composed 100% of safety wire clippings. Must have been a genuine airport bird.
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