With the hopes that the rain takes care of this nest I was banging it out at the end of the day as I’m not really in the nieghborhood tomorrow, getting organized to fetch Deedles midday.
It had just started to sprinkle and I approached the tanks with a clipboard to collect the tank numbers as it’s a new install. I whipped up the lids and quickly stepped back, there was a lot of activity!
Waved the clipboard a few times, taking a couple more steps back, flicked a couple out of my hair, and thanked my reflexes. Considered flicking the nest off the inside of the lid, but it’s inhabitants were already on high alert, very active.
Informed the owners, I’ll return and hopefully able to approach the tank, fill them. They are even close to out so they might wait u til Monday if tonight’s rain doesn’t knock it out. (The lid could blow closed, and while that would rattle them, it won’t dislodge them. Really, I just want it to rain down in the nest so they vacate. I’ll kill ‘em if I have too…)
