bird alarm.

Waking up to the chirping of birds- well there are worse things I could think of waking up to. For a few days it was like having nature as an alarm clock- SO much better than a jarring "wrah wrah" of the conventional alarm. Until we discovered that they are building something (a nest probably, or maybe a free clinic or hospital or something productive for the bird community) under our air conditioner.

Big deal right? "So they're building a f*cking nest under your AC unit, boo hoo."

Yeah well bite me. Amanda had a bird's nest resting on TOP of her AC unit at her new apartment. When I stayed there, I took a picture of the momma bird resting on her chicks. "They're feathers look like sticks!" I said as I snapped the photo with my camera phone. We joked about it being the nature channel and that was that.

Apparently birds leave their nests when everyone's grown and ready to do their thing(s). During their stay, birds attract "bird mites" which feed off of the blood of the birds. When the birds leave, the mites need to find new sources of blood. And this is why the million of them decided to hunt in Amanda's apartment. Long story short, it was a bitch and a half to get them to go away and Amanda had to not stay at home for a few days AND she had to wash EVERYTHING.

So yeah, we're a little paranoid about the nest. But they don't seem to be procreating- which is good. Maybe it's a social club. Either way, we bang on the wall to scare them away and occassionally stick a long ruler under the AC unit to pull their club out and let it float haphazardly to the ground.