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[Derrick Hughes]

How longs that been there. Bird flew out this morning when I lifted the bonnet. I've been using it regular over the last month

 

[7610 super q]

When did you last check oil and water ?

 

[Derrick Hughes]

When did you last check oil and water ?

You will have to ask the staff .I'm just the driver

 

[Yale]

@Cowabunga

 

[Cowabunga]

Yep, I had one on the manifold of my New Holland loader tractor the other day. It's used for at least an hour every single day.
I posted about it the other week under the title 'Fire Hazard' or something similar.

 

[spin cycle]

i've a rook landing on the combine unloading chute..scuttling along it into the engine compartment....goodness knows what i'll find...those lads really build nests

 

[David.]

A rook, nesting on it's own; unusual?....

 

[ollie989898]

You will have to ask the staff .I'm just the driver

That is the kind of retort I come out with; 'Don't ask me, I only work here'. Seems to drives the wife nuts too.

 

[DRC]

Had the same on my NH tractor. I’d removed the half built nest twice before, but this time it was built and eggs laid . The tractor was parked up for about a week. Did the same on a different tractor last year as well. It’s a pied wagtail. Unfortunately I had to remove the nest, but hoped she’d find them in a box nearby, as needed the tractor again.

 

[kiwi pom]

Very common cause of tractor fires. Needs to be added to pre start checks in spring and summer really. Amazing how small a gap they get through on some machines.
A bit of road work often helps the fire get going. Seen a few burnt out on the road side a km or so from farm drives.
Don't know for sure but I'd guess that's what happened to this one.

 

[Gordy1]

Black birds are good at that, I reckon they can build a nest in a day or two that's how long the defender stood there for, next thing a ruddy blackbird had built a nest under the bonnet blow me if it didn't do the same thing the following year in the same defender!!!