Desperados Under the Eaves

We had the eaves enclosed in metal. They’re insulated, too.

Stella played a hole in Fribby!

  And if California slides into the ocean

  Like the mystics and statistics say it will

  I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill

—Warren Zevon

After listening to Ralph gripe about “those damned sparrows” building nests in his eaves and crapping on everything, we took his experience to heart. We had Murdock come back out, now that the electrical is run and the siding is up, to enclose the eaves on our porches in metal. Let’s see those bloody sparrows build nests there.

House finches are another matter.