I used one of those plastic owls here in an effort to keep the birds off the
tower. Fat chance... They just sit up there and discuss flood insurance
rates with the owl. But a rubber snake has had some success but they don't
last more than a few months. - m
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces@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.
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces@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
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces@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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