Hi all, A question has just occurred to me as I drove past a house with a model Eagle-owl set up on the roof, presumably to discourage pigeons from roosting. There are no “eared” owls in Australia, so do natives respond to such a silhouette or not? Ian Sent from my iPhone
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I make passing comments when in that mega-large hardware store, that who would buy one (especially if people are looking at them) as the birds aren’t that stupid.. Then again, being owls, they do a great job off keeping starlings and blackbirds out of the garden of a night…….. Yours in all things “green” John Harris Croydon, Vic Owner – Wildlife Experiences Ecologist/Zoologist Nature Photographer Wildlife Guide wildlifeexperiences@gmail.com 0409090955 President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria (www.fncv.org.au) —– Reply message —– Cc: <birding-aus@vicnet.net.au> Whenever I’ve had blackbirds eating fruit I’ve put one of the kids in a net and hung them from one of the branches. The yelling and screaming seems to keep the birds away quite well. T. —–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, 11 December 2013 10:25 PM Cc: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au We’ve got one stuck in our peach tree. I think all it does is give the blackbirds something to look at while they eat our peaches.
Whenever I’ve had blackbirds eating fruit I’ve put one of the kids in a net and hung them from one of the branches. The yelling and screaming seems to keep the birds away quite well. T. —–Original Message—– Sent: Wednesday, 11 December 2013 10:25 PM Cc: birding-aus@vicnet.net.au We’ve got one stuck in our peach tree. I think all it does is give the blackbirds something to look at while they eat our peaches. On 11 December 2013 20:37, Bill Stent <billstent@gmail.com> wrote:
We’ve got one stuck in our peach tree. I think all it does is give the blackbirds something to look at while they eat our peaches. On 11 December 2013 20:37, Bill Stent <billstent@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a nice photo of a plastic owl on the cabin of a moored launch surrounded by gulls and cormorants. Cheers David Sent from my iPhone
The Starlings on the roof of the house opposite like to perch in the shade of one. It’s never eaten one of them, so far. Bill On 11/12/2013, at 7:17 PM, Ian Reid <ian.reid@adelaide.edu.au> wrote: