Another unplanned project was caused by our lovely robins. In their efforts to find a dry spot to lay their eggs, they chose the inside of our cabin. When we arrived, we found all kinds of materials for building a nest scattered throughout the cabin...along with good ol' bird poop. We knew we had to remove the nests or we would have a huge mess on our hands. After removing the nests, we had to put up temporary material to make sure the birds could not get back inside. There was a lot of space to cover and not much other work got accomplished on this particular day.

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