[TowerTalk] RE : Blue Herons, ospreys and other pesky critters

[hermans]

No one ever tried with a sprinkler at the top of the tower?
Dont know what the quantity of water you need to chase the big birds ( None
of them here in my area ), but the starlings dont like water spouting in the
air neither above or underneath.

Jos on4kj os5n





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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] De la part de Jim Jarvis
Envoyé : lundi 24 juillet 2006 22:01
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Objet : [TowerTalk] Blue Herons, ospreys and other pesky critters



At our place in MD, the ospreys were pretty settled on the DNR nesting poles
in the creek.  There were smaller birds that tended
to land on convenient places on the sailboat, and crap things up.   
Dangling CD's didn't really chase them...and the Blue Heron that 
lived in the harbor wasn't deterred by much of anything.  

I specifically remember my black lab being chased down the dock by 
a squalling blue heron, who didn't even bother to take off...just ran down
the dock, flapping wings, chasing the dog.  Wisely, my lab 
didn't look back.

Seriously,  Osprey's are endangered.  About the only way you'll 
disuade them is to provide a nesting spot some distance away. They like live
fish, so your antenna farm isn't an ideal location.

Just be glad you don't have a prized koi collection in a pond.

N2EA  

ps:  plastic owls are readily seen as ornaments.  Birds have been around
since the dinosaurs.  They figure it out fairly quickly.

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