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Iowa woman's 'worthless scarecrow' hosts nest of baby birds

Renee Delfs said the birds became accustomed to the scarecrow when it was left out in the field for the winter.

By Ben Hooper
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MASON CITY, Iowa, May 27 (UPI) -- An Iowa woman's video of her "worthless scarecrow" revealed the object has become a home to -- rather than a deterrent against -- a family of birds.

Renee Delfs' "Our Worthless Scarecrow" video, posted to YouTube, shows how the Mason City mannequin had ceased to be a source of fear for the wild birds and instead has become a bathroom for avians and home to a nest of five young birds.

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"Good job, scarecrow," Delfs says sarcastically in the video.

"We got a little lazy last year, and we should've put our scarecrow away for winter, but didn't. Now the birds are so used to him they made a nest inside of him," Delfs wrote in the video's description.

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