"Malcolm" wrote in a message:

Can you not put up a ledge under the nest so that the droppings fall on
that and not on your pansies? It doesn't have to be very big. Or, I
suppose, you could move your pansies......?

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I used to have sparrow droppings falling on my plants from a nest under the
eaves of my house. Not content with that, each spring, the blighters would
attack my primrose petals, turning them into confetti like scraps. Now all
our sparrows have long since gone and I quite miss them.

DeVille