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15 posts and not a single mention of chocolate? Dark chocolate of course.... Feeling lethargic after the first 5 minutes of paddling...

if you like hummus, it dehydrates well, and rehydrates with cold water in just a few minutes. very light, very easy.

Besides gorp and bars, I/we tend to bring an assortment of dried fruit (Trader Joe's!) like mango, chile-spiced pineapple, cherries...

Birds are a highlight on most of the trips I take. I recently posted about the two gulls that landed in my boat as one memorable...

Or you could try traps... Found this poor little bird in a trap I'd set for mice in my carport/garage. I felt bad about it but never...

OK, that might be a good place to pop rivet some hardware cloth or chicken wire. Maybe bend it from the vertical to the horizontal &...

This is what I’m cleaning out on both ends and along sides (soffits) every day with a pitch fork (note highlighting).

When I stored the Grumman outside behind the garage I managed to keep the birds from nesting under it. I placed various items on the...

Lacking covered storage, we have canoes on outdoor racks. The birds find them ideal nesting sites. We used rubber snakes for a...

Open rafters equal canoe storage here. I set the trusses on 3 foot centers for that very reason. Of course, there's a thriving feral...

There's something wrong with your ecosystem. Try adding chipmunks.

Cleaned the nests out today and a thought occurred to me: Can a person catch bird flu from breathing in nest litter? Adding a N95 mask...

Hear about the explosion at a French cheese factory? There was DeBrie everywhere.

Our garbage can gets so nasty my wife won’t take it out. We’ve never been able to utilize the space without covering, hosing, power...

I put old cat litter in one end. They just nest on top of it. Snakes it is! Not an anti avian thread, and I’ve planted enough trees...