snow ?

[jimwrench]

Heres a piece a friend asked me to identify. I failed how about you ?

[Lewill2]

It looks to be what I think is called a snow bird. They are put on the roof of a building/house about one to two feet up from the edge of the roof to keep the snow from sliding down off the roof and hitting whatever below.

[jimwrench]

 Right on Lew. That is exactly what it is. And then they invented a snow rake to drag snow off the roof; we can't seem to agree on whether we want that snow up there or not.

[john k]

A good bit of snow on the roof, kept the old houses warmer, and less drafty.  When it started melting, that was another story. 

[BruceS]

I'm wanting to be a "snowbird"  but the wife won't hear of it.