[TowerTalk] Upgraded Plastic Owl

[Roger (K8RI)]

Bill Parry wrote:
> For some reason my family of Harris Hawks like to site on myXM240 at about
> 130 feet. Fortunately they don't like sitting on the flimsy elements and sit
> on the boom instead. I really like those hawks, they are forever killing
> rats, snakes and grackles in my yard and the surrounding fields. I almost
> never have snakes in the yard but I know the hawks find rattlers from time
> to time!
>
> The little ones are also fun to watch. I do keep a 22 around for the
> possums.
>
>   
You have possums on your antenna at 130'?  I knew the little buggers 
were agile, but I gotta see a photo of a row of them hanging from the 
antennas. <:-)) 
No possums on the antennas, but I have a photo of 6 plus Cormorants 
setting on my antennas. Now that's a lot of weight.  They too were not 
on the elements, but they sure put a bow in the boom truss.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> Bill W5VX
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Brad Anbro
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 8:00 PM
> To: TOWERTALK
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Upgraded Plastic Owl
>
> Hello all!
>
> Last fall, we had ELEVEN turkey vultures that were
> perched on my stack of yagis on my 76' tower. These
> birds are very large; their wing spans can exceed 6'
> from tip to tip.
>
> My little CushCraft A3-WS didn't like having the birds
> sitting on the elements, though. The reflector was
> moved out of position, due to the weight of a couple of
> my feathered friends perched on the element.
>
> I don't try to keep any birds off of my antennas. In
> addition to the turkey vultures, we are regularly visited
> by red-tailed hawks, who especially seem to like being
> on the antenna on my 130' tower.
>
> 73 de Brad, N9EN @ Radio Free Roscoe (IL)[tm]
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