what's more effective to scare birds off fruit trees, a hawk or an owl?
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Not sure I think it depends on the bird your trying to scare. I am using mine on woodpeckers. The owl did nothing! The metallic tape works the best!
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probably hawks as owls are mostly night birds and most birds are out during the day. Hawk decoy has had some effect on crows but to soon to tell for sure
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The owl that is motion activated and turns its head and hoots. I use the hawk to keep other hawks away from my chickens.
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I installed two owl decoys to keep doves away from our swim pool. They had no effect. I installed one red tailed hawk decoy, and problem solved. As our smart grandson explained, since owls can see at night, thats when they do their hunting. Therefore, rodents etc. are scared of owls, but doves are not. Red tailed hawks hunt birds (a red tailed hawk lives on a golf course I play often, and I have seen the hawk chasing birds) so I think this is why the hawk was a deterrent, but the owls were not.
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Havahart would be wise to devise a way to mount a Spray Away on a roof so that pigeons could be kept from landing on the roof. Pigeons would be the only birds I can think of that would be a problem.
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I am not sure about the blue heron. I've never seen those types in my area. However, the Hawk Decoy has made an amazing difference in bird activity in my backyard. More specifically, I placed the decoy on my deck, and it has stopped the birds from perching and releasing droplets on the deck. I also use an owl decoy under the deck and it has prevented the birds from building nests under the deck. The decoys work very well. I've had them for 6 months.
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These things worked pretty good for me last year on my fruit trees. They are sticky but I don't believe sticky enough to give any birds problems , even humming birds. Bugs don't need much sticky power catch them..RBC
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Yes, they work very well to keep doves away. I was sitting on my covered porch and saw a dove fly in and it was looking for a place to land but couldn't because of the bird spikes. It just hovered around a few seconds and then flew off. :)
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Best results is that it is mounted somewhere there is Sun and clear enough where the owls can easily fly in and out. Can be mounted on anything, I did a tree. I would suggest somewhere that meets above and is in good viewing range.
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Cut up apples seems to work best. I think the squirrels can smell the apples better when they are freshly cut in pieces. I got 12 squirrels at one time in the trap by just useing the apples.
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I'm in Western NY and use a premium songbird blend. I stay away from anything with cracked corn to discourage grackles and blackbirds from bullying the chickadees, nuthatches and cardinals I do want to attract.
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Hi Robert, I am not quite sure because since then I have put up a sonar bird scarer which has worked for the seagulls I am delighted to say. Sadly all my lovely songbirds are gone as well, even Cheeky the blackbird who has been coming into my kitchen for several years! For those interested the sonar device is: Proctor Pest-Stop Solar Bird Repeller. At least now my cats are safe from the daily attacks from seagulls thanks to this!
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The Ontario Kukri hands down. It will eliminate any and all vegetation it encounters, and more importantly will also eliminate any threats far better than a machete. My opinion.
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The only other birds I have seen use this are Titmouse, it defiantly foils the pesky birds I have. Try it, you love it.
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I purchased the hawk to keep birds out of our garden. It worked well.I am hoping over the winter that it will keep the crows/birds off of our winter pool cover.
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Jo, Not likely to deter hawks based on my experience. Cheers, Jonathan Customer Care U-Spray Bugspray
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Bear spray is a better deterrent than any knife and more effective than a gun. Store food and attractants away from your camp site and make noise in the woods. You should be able to avoid negative contacts with bears that way.
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Yes it does. I have had some of the same problems (I live in the woods) with a wide variety of birds. Since placing the hawk and an owl I have no more issues.
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No it will not affect birds , the sound emitted targets only squirrels , rodent , ect.
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This is the smaller version of the large squirrel buster and works very well in keeping undesirable birds and squirrels from the seeds. Because it is smaller you will wind up filling it up more often than the larger model.