Yes , I do think it was a female. She was loud enough to wake the dead. It was not just in one family of birds either. They really had a row. Then when the row was over the little cheepers were asking to be fed. Then there would be another "Shut up and go to sleep" before the hatchlings would settle! Lynn My dogs would go out and just stand and stare at the nests with big question marks on their faces. My new dog watches TV. She also barks at dogs on TV and door bells on TV. Lynn > [Original Message] > From: <SandKatC@aol.com> > To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 11/3/02 9:38:54 PM > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] clotheslines > > Lynn: > > In a message dated 11/3/02 7:28:17 PM, mltaylordogmother@earthlink.net writes: > > << I have been battling a squirrel all summer. She has eaten three complete > clotheslines or used them to build a nest. >> > > There are a lot of squirrels around here but they don't do any damage. They > just scamper around. Some people here have ground squirrels and they are a > pain! > > <<I have bird houses on the back porch. The sparrows have had FIVE > families a piece. They have made a mess hauling stuff and then remodeling > for the next brood. It is really funny because they get into really big > arguments in the middle of the night. I wonder which gender is yelling and > why! >> > > Lynn, Lynn, Lynn, doncha think it was the female? > > Our Siberian Husky has a very soft undercoat and during nest building season, > our daughter would brush Curly and just leave piles of that soft white fur > out on the side. We had so much fun watching the birds fighting over it, > small against large. We noted that the small birds usually won out! > > Sandi > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Please don't post private information about living people without permission. All posts are archived. To search RootsWeb list archives: > <http://archiver.rootsweb.com/archives/search.html> > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- M. Lynn Taylor --- mltaylordogmother@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.