[Antennas] Roosting birds

Tue Nov 15 11:26:01 EST 2005

AMEN!!
I have never seen a bird frightened by a fake piece of plastic. If they might have been at first, it only takes a day or two for them to become accustomed to it just standing there day after day and never once flying off its perch. 
Now if someone comes up with one that actually flies off and comes back to the roost once in a while, you might have something! :0)
Or maybe we should all take up falconry!
73 de Jerry, KØEJF
E.J.(Jerry) Forwood
-- "Doug Weaver" <weaverd at bright.net> 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
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Philip Atchley" <beaconeer at sbcglobal.net>
To: <antennas at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:02 AM
Subject: [Antennas] Roosting birds
> Hi All,
>> In the not too distant future I'm planning on installing a Cushcraft D3 
> (20, 15 & 10M) rotatable dipole. Of course birds absolutely LOVE to sit 
> on antennas. It must keep their little toes warm in the winter :-)
>> I've even seen them SOMEHOW manage to hang onto the fairly steeply sloped 
> wires of my two Inverted Vees (half sized G5RV and 15M Inverted Vee's).
> Questions:
>> 1. Some of our birds are fairly large, pigeons, Jays etc. Just how 
> sturdy is the Cushcraft D3 triband rotatable dipole? Will it "hold up"?
>> 2. Some back, at Parker's (ACE) hardware I saw a gimmick for gardeners. 
> It was a life sized plastic owl to keep birds away. I've heard of folks 
> putting these on their beams too! Since there will be a short section of 
> PVC pipe ABOVE the dipole to hold a small active receiving whip, I would 
> "mount" a plastic owl there. DO THEY DO ANY GOOD?
>> Inquiring minds want to know.
>> Phil, KO6BB
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