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I have a shed in my backyard that contains a hobby electronics workbench. A couple of years ago, I could swear that I was going through through hole 104 capacit
by jrmg 3y ago
I have a shed in my backyard that contains a hobby electronics workbench. A couple of years ago, I could swear that I was going through through hole 104 capacitors faster than I could reconcile.
Around this time I noticed that a vent hole in the side of the shed was uncovered, and likely had been for some time, which I fixed.
A few months later I was doing a good spring cleaning, and I found in the eaves of the shed a nest made mostly of long pine needles (from outside the shed), but with a substantial spattering of through-hole components too!
A bird had found the broken vent, and made a home in the shed using whatever ‘sticks’ were handy to build its nest. Unfortunately I probably blocked it off from its home when I repaired the vent. I’m glad to say no eggs or dead baby chicks were in it when I found it…
- incahoots 3y agoGood on you for following up on the nest to determine the potential aftermath.
- huseyinkeles 3y agothat sounds really interesting, do you by any chance have a picture of it? would really love to see
- jrmg 3y agoI wish I did! Unfortunately it was above head height, and I had it half dismantled (‘What are all these pine needles doing up here?! And - wait - capacitors?!’) before I realized what it was.
- pryelluw 3y agoYou had a birduino flying in for components. :D
- busyant 3y agoMy recollection is many birds use their nests for 2 to 4 weeks, so maybe it was finished with your capacitors by the time you found them. I love this story.