I can't be the 1st person this has happened to

I saw a little bird flying in my grill one morning, actually the day after I did a TRD pro Grill, silver delete and BD light bar addition. Didn't think anything of it and when I was washing the truck this weekend I saw this:



Took a half hour with a cheap vac with a small hose and I got it out. To make matters worse, I looked in there this morning and the same nest is back less than 12 hours later. I was even parked in a completely different spot. Guess I'm on some little birdie radar. Maybe I'll put some sort of grating in there put I just hope this bird gets the hint.

 

LOL...took out a Pelican one day at the beach.
Sorry bastard cracked my windshield!!

 

Yes, it is a very common and well reported thing with TRD grill, either deal with it or go back to the original

 

Even before I did the pro grille swap I still managed to get a bird in the intercooler. No nest. Just the lil guy toasted to a crisp.

 

my original was a TRD grill with the same openings in that area

 

Oh.....I thought it was feathers!!! Lol

 

I have a different bird problem: robins crapping on my truck.
They target the side mirrors and the front of the bed cover.
I have to cover the mirrors with plastic groceries bags and bought a fake owl to protect the bed.

 

Does that work? The owl?

 

Cardinals love (or hate, haven’t figured out, yet) my mirrors and chrome on the front!

 

I struck a bird on my motorcycle once a number of years ago at a high rate of speed. It caved in my entire headlight assembly and was literally a bloody a mess. I still have those pics somewhere, but they might upset PETA.

 

By “deal with it” you’re referring to a BB gun or a cat, right?

 

Then you should DEFINITELY send it to them.

 

Nope. Difficult times require drastic measures. 12Ga at least

 

Definitely want to see that. Possibly in the motorcycle thread as a warning to wear your full face helmets? Imagine what that bird would have done if you caught it in your grille.

 

Which one...I couldn't find it? Ill post them there so as not to hijack this thread because it could get sideways.

...or check my MISC album, I just uploaded them there.

 

Yikes! (Just looked at pics) Were those stiches on your hand a result of the bird strike also?

 

Stitches were from of a non-riding mishap that ultimately led to having to stop riding, at least commuting or long rides. I was going to go into that if I posted elsewhere.

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/lets-see-your-motorcycles.242/

 

It did for the bed cover problem.
But it alone did not stop the crapping on the mirrors.

 

Gotchya. I once lived at an airport, long story, the pilots used to put rubber snakes on the wings to keep birds from roosting there. Maybe try that for your mirrors.

 

Good idea!

 

The grilles on these vehicles look ridiculous. They literally can't protect shite.

Those plastic bags look great! That'll turn heads in the parking lots. Not the good kind.red jays and mocking birds like to sit on the mirrors and bombard the reflection. They think it's their mate inside. Mine has "survivor blackout" mirrors installed, so any scratches aren't too visible. Chrome, or color matched mirrors though: eventually.

 

you got picks of the survivor blackout ones

 

Im sorry, what does this mean? (Light confusion on my part)

 

Sorry you said yours had survivor blackout mirrors on them, I was looking for a picture of your mirrors if you had them.

 

Oh, sorry. It's a.k.a. work truck package. (Black plastic). Very resilient to scratches.

 

Ah sorry i had never seen it called that. HOnestly my Old 2018 SR5 had that, and i lvoed the look teh black mirrors and handles gave on my truck. Miss that truck

 

Cardinals have to be the lowest-IQ of the birds. Those damn things will wait until you are right up on them and then decide to fly across the road right at front grille altitude. I've plucked many of them out over the years and many continue to be near misses.