[TowerTalk] Birds on the Tower

[david jordan]

The fake owl has to be moved to different positions once and a while to 
optimize performance...also, those owl's that have heads that spin work 
better than those that don't.

Kuhns, Arthur, SSG, 146CF, SCM wrote:

>We have a fake owl on our air base and the birds use it to roost on.  I
>think these birds are a little smarter than we want to give them credit.
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>Arthur Kuhns SSG
>146 AW/CF ANG
>Port Hueneme,Ca.
>DSN: 893-7404
>Comm: 805-986-7404
>Email: arthur.kuhns at cachan.ang.af.mil
><mailto:arthur.kuhns at cachan.ang.af.mil> 
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Pride [mailto:mpride at us.ibm.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 5:22 AM
>To: towertalk at contesting.com
>Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Birds on the Tower
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>Or you can buy a fake owl for about $30 and hang it on the upper most boom.
>Works for me!
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>Regards,
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>Mark, K1RX
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>Cqtestk4xs at aol.com@contesting.com on 02/04/2004 07:59:57 AM
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>>From another reflector about problems with buzzards and other flying
>creatures on towers:
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>We installed a Bird-X audio system about 2 months ago on a tower in
>Georgia that was right between two hotels.  The system consists of 4
>speakers placed up the tower, and an outdoor, photocell activated,
>controller.  You can program various predator bird calls, etc, and
>adjust volume.  Site manager reports all buzzards gone, and only one
>lone pigeon sitting on tower.  I figure the pigeon is deaf, or maybe
>severely depressed.
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>Here's the link:
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>http://www.comfortchannel.com/level.itml/icOid/1466?s=g
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