Light Land Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Just a thought I had today while pulling yet another nest out from under the hood of the 7740? Rotten sods realy the time it takes to pull out the nests each morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMB Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Found a sparrow nest in my mate's manure spreader. It is old and hardly used though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share Posted November 22, 2012 A hot motor turned off at lunch time can have the start of a new nest it when you come back in an hour some days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Birds do very often build their nests in tractors, especially if laid up for some time. The ones that do, here in the UK are normally Blackbirds, Robins, Wagtails, Pied Flycatchers and Wrens, in fact any small birds that normally nest in holes or nooks and crannies. Wrens will take advantage of building under the footplates on top of the foot pedal 'bars', Robins and the other small birds will build between and on top of the fuel filters and Blackbirds build on top of the engine on the rocker cover. Many years ago we had a Flycatcher build on top of the lift pump on the side of the engine, the tractor was in constant use, although not every day but the bird stayed with it, layed a clutch of egs, incubated and reared her chicks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertw1 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 We have a finch nest behind the spools on our Massey Ferguson 4245 once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8feetmower Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Had a 2640 go on fire because of a bird's nest but luckily only the wiring harness was damaged.On the 3000's & 6000's they seem to like nesting above the wiper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Most birds nests that I've discovered in or on tractors have been on top of the exhaust manifold usually in the 'trough' between the manifold and rocker cover and yes, this is a fire hazzard. Last season a blackbird built it's nest and reared its young on top of the alternator on my D.B. 1212, saw the old birds fliting in and out with beakfulls of worms so knew it was there. I let the young fledge before evicting them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm434 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 mf 135 mud guard tool boxs are another popular spot for nesting birds, also had a black bird nesting between the radiator n the fan blades on a 465 nuffield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Used to check every morning up at Paeroa, Ol. Blimmin' things! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 mf 135 mud guard tool boxs are another popular spot for nesting birds, also had a black bird nesting between the radiator n the fan blades on a 465 nuffield Could have had scrambled eggs when you started the tractor!, would have taken ages to pick the bits out though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britainswomble Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 They sure do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted November 22, 2012 Author Share Posted November 22, 2012 Used to check every morning up at Paeroa, Ol. Blimmin' things! Things got so bad here a few years ago Tris that an insurance company took Case IH to court as so many case tractors had gone up in smoke,turns out the birds nests were to blame.Works MF6470 gets nested in every day yet the NHT7070 hardly ever gets a nest in it must be down to fact that there more open space under the NH's hood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted November 23, 2012 Share Posted November 23, 2012 Nothing to do with space, it's the colour that attracts them, red is good to build in or on as red signals danger to would be nest robbers. Green is another favourite as green offers camoflage. Blue is a cold colour, especially the darker blues so birds avoid that. Some birds don't mind too much though, as long as the nesting site offers a suitable position and site they'll use it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James T Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 A bird once nested here in Scotland in an operational car ferry (Oban to Mull if I remember correctly!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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