Bluebirds and squirrels

Bluebird on my Holder

In an off the record cloak-room conversation yesterday, I volunteered that we had been trying to attract bluebirds like those she showed me.  That elicited this response, which cracked me up. “ My parents are long time bluebird fanatics and are hell on wrens and squirrels and anything else that messes with their bluebirds.  They have their second nesting going now in their backyard We visited a couple of weekends ago and it was between clutches.  A wren had the audacity to go into the box and my dad saw it.  He took off out there and covered the opening with his hand while my mom ran around looking for a board and nail. They trapped the poor bird inside and I can’t remember if they just left him until he died or if they took the box down and somewhere far away to release it.  I think I told you once how my dad uses a HavAHeart trap to catch squirrels and then submerges the whole trap into water to drown the bastard.  Like I said – hard core- hahaha! ”