[TowerTalk] Hawk's nest platform

[Michael Goins]

I had the same problem - crows are really smart, and it wasn't long
until they discovered that the "owl" didn't move. I took it down and
attached some scraps of reflective vinyl that I cut from scrap I found
after a neighbor kid's party. Cut it in squares and super-glued it to
the owl on nylon strings so they fluttered in the wind every which
way. They squalked and raised cain nearby, but never landed on the
boom again.

Michael Goins, k5wmg
Professor, Writing
University of Texas at San Antonio






On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 9:32 AM, D Calder <towertalk at n4zkf.com> wrote:
> I'll have to send the pic I have of an Osprey perched on an Owl! LOL!
> sorry.... they do works
> sometimes.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Jim Walker
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 10:04 AM
> To: 'Tower and HF antenna construction topics.'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hawk's nest platform
>
> An owl facing true north has been found to work well at keeping most birds
> away.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Mike
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 8:57 AM
> To: 'Tower and HF antenna construction topics.'
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Hawk's nest platform
>
> Don't know if you want to encourage them, they are very very messy when it
> comes to nesting and rearing young.
>
> I two large Hawks mating at the moment on top of the tower and already the
> mess is horrible, when they poop, they poop.  The very large young will
> spend a lot of time dancing around on your elements.
>
> I have Hawks by day and Barn Owls up there by night: -)
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Dale L Martin
>
>
> A pair of red-shouldered hawks have constructed and are sitting a nest
> in a pine tree in the front yard of house down the street from me.
>
> They are very likely the same pair that damaged my C3E 20m
> reflector--one or both perched on the element on one side or the other
> of the boom breaking the element-boom rivets.
>
> Since they regularly use my mast and less often my C3E to perch, I got
> to thinking that if they nested on the tower top, maybe they would do
> their perching elsewhere other than the C3E.
>
> Has anyone ever put up a platform suitable for nest-building
> (low-walled, holed for drainage, etc.) on the top of their mast?
>
> 73,
> dale, kg5u
>
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