Robin Dive Bombing House & Carpenter Bees

[LaterBloomer]

Oh, the joys of home ownership. There is a Robin who keeps bumping into my house. At first, I couldn't figure out what it was, so I went out and sat in my car. There's this Robin who lands on my house, on my light fixture, and then, just for fun, bumps up against my house. Most of the time on/near curtained windows. My neighbors must think I'm crazy (well, I am, but that's another story) 'cause I just kept popping out of my car waiving a newspaper and saying, "shoo." As if that isn't enough nature, I have two ?colonies? ?families? ?invading forces? of carpenter bees in two posts of my back stoop. Any ideas (preferably, nature friendly*) to get rid of them? *Yes, I see the irony of writing "nature friendly" when I am anything but nature friendly. At this point, I'm thinking the government should bring back our troops from Afghanistan and start using those weapons on these critters. I don't want to kill the Robin, I just want it to go somewhere else. I don't mind killing the bees, I just don't want to use something that's going to wreck my health, or do any more damage to the environment than it absolutely has to. Sheesh. The stupid Robin has just hit the window near my computer a few times. Too stupid for words.