[TowerTalk] Bye Bye Birdies

[Jim Lux]

On 12/28/12 9:11 PM, Bob K6UJ wrote:
> Another option for bird control is to get one of the plastic owls and put him up on the tribander.
> My results were negative, evidently the birds in our area aren't scared of owls because the owl didn't help at all.
> When i took it down I discovered the birds had crapped all over it.   :-)
>


my in-laws experience with their vineyard was that birds are discouraged 
by novelty and change.  reflective ribbons one week, owls the next, etc. 
  That doesn't lend itself to antennas

the other strategy which seems to work quite well is to make what ever 
it is "not sittable on".  those funky plastic spiky things or 
string/monofilament.

Of course, neither of the latter are particularly easy to do on 
something like a multielement beam, especially if you want it to last 
for decades.

For ordinary wire antennas.. I suppose, if you use strong enough copper 
clad steel, the birds can just sit on the wire forever.