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It's that time of year again! Every day we have to pull nest stuff out of the rear hole in the pylons. We already have bird covers for a couple other areas. Recently we found nests being built in the LOX door under the converter. I hadn't seen that one before. They come in from the litening hole in the RH gearwell. You guys get them there too?...and if so what do you do about it?

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Forum Veteran Joined: Dec 14, 2006 Posts: 505

Also problems with insects nest like bees and wasps. I like to evict them at night, so there is less chance of getting stung, and if you kill them at night it’s more likely you get them all, or at least enough they won’t just set up house again the next day.

I try not to kill birds but I have been known to murder sparrows and starlings. So I guess I am prejudice, I think they are just rats with feathers.

Sometime have mouse problems.

I haven't had any problems with bugs or mice, but these little black birds won't leave our planes alone. If there's an opening they find it and set up a homestead. Last year we had one jet that sat for awhile for FTM and after it's first flight we found a nest with broken eggs in the upper LH gun door. Bastages!

Forum Veteran Joined: Dec 14, 2006 Posts: 505

Weasel_Keeper wrote:

these little black birds won't leave our planes alone.

Look familiar?

The dreaded European Starling (aka “rat with feathers”).

LMAO...pretty close, but our stinkin birds are all black. Smile

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Here's a related news article:

<a href="news_article1295.html">Top mice take over Dutch F-16s</a>

and two related forum threads:

<a href="f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-5277.html">Birds in the gun bay</a>
<a href="f-16_forum_viewtopic-t-7342.html">How to protect the cockpit of 'on alert' aircraft</a>

Try hanging a rubber snake near the problem area. Of course you'll need to attach a Remove Before Flight Streamer to it.

Seriouslly though, A rubber snake will keep the birds away, if it looks half lifelike.

We had to make "rat guards" in Egypt....they would eat the green nylon "pantyhose" around the wire harnesses.

Smitty

Evidently the Deleware ANG had trouble with birds nesting beneath the C-130's beavertail.

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