Trick tip for outside ponds that works

[Amy C]

I live by a nature reserve for birds and keep an outdoor pond. We have eagles,hawks cranes, you name it its like Jurassic Park sometimes but not so good for outside ponds...a Crane took 2 of my beautiful butterfly blues one summer(3yrs ago I think) did all research and nothing worked to deter it from wanting to return for buffet but came across one thing that seemed ridiculous but it worked...a radio 😆 no big predator birds come anywhere near as long as I have human voice heard by the pond now. Food for thought that I wanted to share is all. ❤️ 

[Fish Folk]

On 4/4/2022 at 3:22 AM, Amy C said:

I live by a nature reserve for birds and keep an outdoor pond. We have eagles,hawks cranes, you name it its like Jurassic Park sometimes but not so good for outside ponds...a Crane took 2 of my beautiful butterfly blues one summer(3yrs ago I think) did all research and nothing worked to deter it from wanting to return for buffet but came across one thing that seemed ridiculous but it worked...a radio 😆 no big predator birds come anywhere near as long as I have human voice heard by the pond now. Food for thought that I wanted to share is all. ❤️ 

Back some 22 years ago, I rented an apartment in a small midwestern city downtown. From my porch, all day and night, I could hear screams of raptors.

At some point it dawned on me that this was ridiculous. There wouldn’t be a bunch of hawks, falcons, eagles, etc. downtown, and they certainly wouldn’t be screaming all night.

Out of sheer curiosity, I traced the sound to the parking lot of a high-end rare car dealer. They had speakers blaring raptor calls 24/7 to keep pigeons away so they wouldn’t poop on the expensive cars 🤣🤣🤣 🐦 🦅

Edited April 4, 2022 by Fish Folk

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On 4/4/2022 at 7:26 AM, Fish Folk said:

Back some 22 years ago, I rented an apartment in a small midwestern city downtown. From my porch, all day and night, I could hear screams of raptors.

At some point it dawned on me that this was ridiculous. There wouldn’t be a bunch of hawks, falcons, eagles, etc. downtown, and they certainly wouldn’t be screaming all night.

Out of sheer curiosity, I traced the sound to the parking lot of a high-end rare car dealer. They had speakers blaring raptor calls 24/7 to keep pigeons away do they wouldn’t poop on the expensive cars 🤣🤣🤣 🐦 🦅

Similar to a  program used by businesses to repel teenagers