Does it scare songbirds as well?
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I have no idea. I'm really waiting for next spring and hope to discourage bird nesting.
1608627
Oh I forgot to mention if you do decide to buy this for whatever reason, you need to put it somewhere that you can access it as the head gets stuck (I use a very long bamboo cane to give it a push to get it going again). It is a pity that we can not provide photographs with these reviews because I could show seagulls sitting beside him not a bother on them!!
1608628
We don't have an abundance of songbirds especially this time of year so I haven't had a chance to test that. I get a lot of finches,lovebirds and cactus wren and they don't seem to be bothered by the owl. That being said I don't put it too close to the feeder.
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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!
1608630
We do not see birds near our small garden where the owl is located, but 30' away near our deck we see plenty of songbirds. Hope this helps
1608631
The great horned owl is a top predator in most of the areas it is found. It does not care if the bird is a song bird. It decoy will scare anything the owl will prey upon. When we used it we did not have any birds in the yard and the ground squirrels gave it wide berth as well.
1608632
Not sure about that, but why wouldn't it? It seems to scare any birds that would otherwise come on to the porch.
1608633
No, I purchased it to keep neighbors chickens away from my shrubs, I found them behind the shrubs. So they were not too intimidated by it.
255688
I personally haven't experienced emus trying to infiltrate my house through my roof, but I would suspect not. If they can tear through your roof, they can probably get through this stuff too. I'd develop a more effective defense against these wild birds if I was you... Wait, you are talking about the large flightless bird are you not?
342468
If the birds get near the ground, it may scare them away. Any type of motion near the ground will set it off. If the bird feeder is way up high, then i wouldnt worry about it.
119841
Good question! I've hung these over raspberries, now they're in the apple trees. I'll try them by the eaves of my roof and see if they're effective. I'm guessing they will be. Those big tough tough woodpeckers scare easily. Re Robins, they are smart birds and not easily deterred. Everyone thinks the scare balloons are cute hanging amidst the garden, bobbing along. I'll definitely put them up again next year.
620998
It makes a little noise.. High pitched but nothing thats overwhelming... Older people won't hear it as much as teenagers. One of my neighbors jokingly wanted to get one to keep the kids off his lawn. I wouldn't put it at ground level on a patio, but if you put on the roof over the patio, it should be fine.. I can also say this.. I live in South San Francisco next to a cemetery where pigeons are fed by the public.. My repeller fell off my roof during a storm last winter but it such a good job of scaring away the birds that they haven't returned..
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Yes, however blackbirds are like crows once they find a food source , they respond to shoo! shoo!. Small firecrackers or a shot with the old Daisy Red Rider(The Daisy will not kill or hurt them, only annoy, soon as they hear the "pop" they take flight) The cardinals, blue birds and finches have a short memory and will return to your feeder.
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We have the perch set as sensitive as possible and it is effective in keeping away grackles, starlings etc. the largest bird to successfully feed is the rose breasted grosbeak, which we were thrilled to see! However the squirrels still manage to outsmart us by hanging over the top! So we had to put this feeder on a pole with a squirrel baffle.
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Yes it does a wonderful job keeping the large birds out. I dont have Magpies, but they appear to be similar in size to Black Birds. They will hang on the outside for a while and try to get in but finally give up. The smaller birds actually get comfortable enough to crawl through that outside layer of wire and will move around inside near the food.
620999
Yes But it can only be heard by birds,animal ory hearing aid set on high, It mainly affect birds
939028
Yes, and pigeons, too. Mostly crows in Seattle dont care much for small bird seed anyway, but we bought this thing to discourage the pigeons, and it is doing that really well. However, it also keeps out the medium size nice birds (like robins) because the mesh is too small. We get lots of small birds who can enter through the mesh.
942028
Sorry don't know used it to deter ducks from nesting in my waterfall plants
1289158
I imagine that they will nibble the leaves that poke through, but we used this as a bird deterrent. Worked great for birds.
212817
I notice it does not affect the birds because of the frequency. Birds are all over my yard. There is a different repeller that is set a different frequency to affect birds. Not this one!
853190
This is great for birds but think of it as a chipmunk trap! The first year I used it, I didn't tie it round the base of my blueberry trees and I killed 3 chipmunks, they got caught in it and died a really nasty death. Now I tie it round the base of my trees, problem solved - no birds, no dead chipmunks and my blueberries are safe. We have plenty of squirrels but they don't bother the blueberries so I'm not sure about them. I do also open an old cassette tape and tie bits of the tape to to tree - the birds hate it. Hope this helps.
1811720
I'd call it more of a deterrent. The birds find it uncomfortable. Works better against smaller birds. I've seen some pretty big woodpeckers - don't know if they'd even notice it!
758511
No, not at all. It will look a little spooky to them at first, but after a couple of days they will go in and out as usual.Look for the one inch mesh, it will not just prevent birds, it will also prevent possum and raccoon as well.
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I don't know... I can't get anyone to let me test it on them. Just the sound and how loud it is scares them.