but they will nest in any vehicle that sits for any time in the same space - so even if you have a vehicle sitting for a day or two - check it. I was lucky with the safari 4wd, cause I had check under the bonnet - there were two well built nests beside the firewall & it had only been down by the hay barn for 3 days. pays to check if you have starlings that nest nearby.
fordkiwi27,
Sep 16, 8:05am
poached eggs!
ralphdog1,
Sep 16, 8:17am
I had one built between the exhaust manifold and the chassis rail in my V6 Surf. It was massive, I can never figure out how the little blighters mange to span such a large gap, how do the balance the first bit!
NZTools,
Sep 16, 8:44am
It doesnt take a day oir two. An industrious Starling will have a nest built on a hot exhaust manifold while you stop for lunch.
urbanrefugee54,
Sep 16, 8:44am
clever birds. & with some insurance policies - tis classed as negligence if your vehicle does catch on fire.
pig-gal,
Sep 16, 10:32am
Easiest way to help prevent birds nests around tractors is to leave the bonnet up when not in use, even over lunchtime if you can. On one of our tractors you can't lift the bonnet but we do leave the side panels off it over the nesting season & that stops them on that tractor, they obviously don't like the more open spaces.
therafter1,
Sep 16, 10:41am
Yep, anywhere like either of the manifolds seems to be the perfect pozzy for the little swine's, and as NZ Tools has said, they don't need 3 days to build a nest.
therafter1,
Sep 16, 10:44am
Poached vehicles, they don't just go for tractors, they will go for anything.
My theory is that if they themselves were hatched and reared in an engine bay, once they mature they seem to choose similar locations for their own nests.
woody1946,
Sep 16, 4:08pm
ask any rural delivery postie how many starling nests they pull out of letterboxes each day
inkapuka,
Sep 16, 4:59pm
We leave the bonnet up on the tractor whenever we not using itHave beeen a few go up in flames in the area Not soo good
urbanrefugee54,
Sep 16, 6:39pm
happens to a few cars each year as well.
m16d,
Sep 16, 7:00pm
One of our trucks caught fire after the birdies built a nest on the turbo.
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