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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 176853" data-attributes="member: 13196">I sleep in an upstairs bedroom that has an AC unit through the wall. There is also an awning that goes over the AC unit and the bedroom windows that are immediately to the left of it. For years I had a mourning dove that would build its nest on the AC unit. Since I have a couple of cats, I had to block the window with poster board, and when the window was opened, I had to insert a window fan just to block the view. The dove would show up as early as February and lay its eggs as early as March. Sometimes snow would blow underneath the awning forcing the dove to leave its nest--and on a couple of occasions, its babies--because we've had snow as late as mid-April. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> My point is that it kept coming back year-after-year until I replaced the AC unit with a much larger one that doesn't allow enough clearance for the dove to get underneath the awning. Be prepared for a return visit next year! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="hark, post: 176853, member: 13196"] I sleep in an upstairs bedroom that has an AC unit through the wall. There is also an awning that goes over the AC unit and the bedroom windows that are immediately to the left of it. For years I had a mourning dove that would build its nest on the AC unit. Since I have a couple of cats, I had to block the window with poster board, and when the window was opened, I had to insert a window fan just to block the view. The dove would show up as early as February and lay its eggs as early as March. Sometimes snow would blow underneath the awning forcing the dove to leave its nest--and on a couple of occasions, its babies--because we've had snow as late as mid-April. :( My point is that it kept coming back year-after-year until I replaced the AC unit with a much larger one that doesn't allow enough clearance for the dove to get underneath the awning. Be prepared for a return visit next year! ;) [/QUOTE]

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