On Tue, 8 Oct 1996, AA7BG Matt Trott wrote:
> I know this MUST have come up before, but.......
>
> How do you all keep the pesky birds from whitewashing towers/antennas? I've
> been having flocks of at least a hundred perching on guylines, antennas, and
> the top plate of the tower. The guano was about an inch thick in a matter of
> weeks!
>
> I put up a plastic crow and that helped for a while. A friend put a plastic
> owl on his and it worked great for a month or so, but he looked out the
> window at his tower last week and there was a bird perched on the top of the
> owl!!
>
> Any other ideas? We don't get enough rain to rinse it all off.
>
> Sign me,
>
> Really Tworked in Montana
>
>
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Haven't had that problem but hadn't gone to the top of either of the two
towers in some months. When I went up one and KO7V went up my other one
we each found a dead bird at the bottom of each mast (inside it). They
apprently went in the top looking for a nest site or shelter for the
night and couldn't get back out, eventually working their way to the
bottom. Guess it makes sense to cap the top of the mast. I know I've
seen caps made for pipe -- have seen some on other people's masts --
wonder if jamming a tennis ball (or whatever is the right size) in the
top is an appropriate solution.
73 - Rich Boyd, KE3Q
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