[Antennas] Roosting birds

Mon Nov 14 19:34:18 EST 2005

Hi Doug et al,
Thanks to everyone who contributed. While a couple folks said it worked 
for them, the general consensus is that I'm better off to keep the money 
in my wallet, something I'm inclined to do.
As a side note. The condo complex behind the mobile home park used to 
have a gazillion Pigeons roosting under the roof mounted air 
conditioners. This apparently caused a great deal of damage as there 
was grass and plants "growing" out of the roof shingles. While I can't 
prove it, I think that on several occasions they even tossed out poison 
seed as every once in awhile you'd find a bunch of dead pigeons laying 
around. When they re-roofed it, they hung mirror like owl images from 
the A/C units. This seemed to keep the birds away, but a year later the 
hanging "owls" are gone and the birds are back. 
73 de Phil KO6BB
Doug Weaver wrote:
> Phil,
>> In my situation the plastic owl DOES NOT WORK. I mounted one on a 
> stand-off several years back about 10 feet below my beams and it has 
> never kept the birds away. In fact, I think on at least one occasion, 
> I've seen a bird perched very close to the owl. I think I'd be better 
> off removing the owl and hang a wire antenna from the stand-off!
>> Doug
> KD8KX
>
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