I live in a neighborhood with lots of expensive boats and owners who
will do everything to keep them pristine. I've seen plastic owls,
snakes, mirrors, those big circle "eyes" and even had a neighbor who
would shoot the mourning doves with a BB gun and hang their carcasses
from a tree.
None of that works. Most of the owls around here are faded from the
sun and have bird poop all over them.
What DOES work is a garden hose. Wash off the bird poop and spray any
nests you might see in the early stages.
73,
Mickey N4MB
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:16 PM, <hanslg@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I believe the "Plastic Owl" first was mentioned (at least to me) when the
> discussion lost track in trying to find out the best method finding true
> north. It has, after that shown up as an indicator for other discussions
> losing track. That's why I decided to bring it up. Maybe not that nice.
>
> I just hope I don't get too much problems with birds, once I get my tower up
> (whenever the tower manage to ...) and that seems to be no earlier than next
> years. I have read about hams getting endangered species building nests in
> the tower efficiently inhibit any atempt to do any tower climbing until the
> the little birds are out.
>
> 73 de Hans - N2JFS
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>
> To: Steven Kerns <n3fti@yahoo.com>
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
> Sent: Wed, Sep 1, 2010 2:42 pm
> Subject: [TowerTalk] Plastic Owls
>
>
> Steve,
>
>
>
> You are quite right. Duly noted. No more on divining rods from
> me..................
>
>
> Back to our forum, hi,hi.
> I couldn't find much in the archives on solutions to birds on our antennas.
> I
> wanted to follow
> up on my last comment concerning my (unsuccessful) experience with a plastic
> owl for bird abatement.
>
> I have found a solution that so far has worked well for me.
> We are surrounded with vineyards around here and birds are are big issue for
> the
> winery owners.
>
> I found out that many of the wineries use a network of ultrasonic bird
> repellers. It was suggested
> that I try a small ultrasonic unit mounted close to the tower. I purchased a
> small unit manufactured by Bird-X
> from Home Depot and mounted it about 5 foot up from the base of the tower.
>
> Voila, it works !
> The cost for one of these units isn't much more than a plastic owl. I
> cleaned
> the bird droppings
> off my owl and mounted him on a fence post in the back yard. (I may have to
> mount a tiny umbrella
> above him to protect him from bird droppings, hi,hi)
>
> 73,
>
> Bob
>
> K6UJ
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sep 1, 2010, at 5:16 AM, Steven Kerns wrote:
>
>
>
>> I thought this forum was towerTalk. I see nothing here in this lengthly
>
> discussion that has to do with towers...
>
>>
>
>> I am sure you can find a divining forum somewhere on the internet to further
>
> discuss this.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> Steve, N3FTI
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net> wrote:
>
>>
>
>>> From: Robert Harmon <k6uj@pacbell.net>
>
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Fwd: Divining rods
>
>>> To: hanslg@aol.com
>
>>> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
>
>>> Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 12:33 AM
>
>>> Hans,
>
>>>
>
>>> I'll bet it can, hi,hi.
>
>>>
>
>>> I'll tell you one thing they sure don't scare the birds
>
>>> away.
>
>>> I bought one from HRO and put it on the very top of the
>
>>> mast on my tower. I didn't notice any decrease in the
>
>>> birds.
>
>>> After about six months I was up on the tower doing some
>
>>> antenna work and climbed up to check on the owl.
>
>>> The birds didn't give my owl any respect, he was covered
>
>>> with bird s### , hi,hi.
>
>>>
>
>>> Bob
>
>>> K6UJ
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>>
>
>>> On Aug 31, 2010, at 9:23 PM, hanslg@aol.com
>
>>> wrote:
>
>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>> I wonder if a north-seeking, plastic owl can do?
>
>>>>
>
>>>> Hans
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>
>>>> From: jimlux <jimlux@earthlink.net>
>
>>>> To: Alan NV8A <nv8a@charter.net>
>
>>>> Cc: TowerTalk <TowerTalk@contesting.com>
>
>>>> Sent: Tue, Aug 31, 2010 8:10 pm
>
>>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Divining rods
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>> Alan NV8A wrote:
>
>>>>
>
>>>>> I remember reading decades ago that, according to
>
>>> the laws of
>
>>>>> aerodynamics, bees cannot fly because their wings
>
>>> are not large enough
>
>>>>> for their body size. The bees, however, being
>
>>> unfamiliar with the laws
>
>>>>> of aerodynamics, just keep flying anyway.
>
>>>>>
>
>>>>> 73
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>> That's a canard..
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>> it was originally intended to demonstrate that simple
>
>>> models do not
>
>>>> always work (e.g. flapping wings are not steady state
>
>>> flow, no you can't
>
>>>> neglect thermodynamics, etc.)
>
>>>>
>
>>>>
>
>>>> Sort of like modeling an antenna as a lumped
>
>>> RLC. Works for small
>
>>>> frequency ranges, but not for large ones.
>
>>>>
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