In a message to Wayne Sarosi  Roy Witt wrote:
 RD> Wayne did you forget to put the
 RD> required-for-all-amateur-towers plastic owl
 RD> ornament on top to scare of any unwanted feathered guests ? ;-)
 
 WS> Mocking birds attack Owls. The state bird is the Mocking bird. :(
 WS> There are a lot of them.
 RW> My owl lost it's eyes within the first year I had it.  Mocking
 RW> Birds are not afraid of owls.  I've seen them sit next to and
 RW> talk to the owl for hours.
Mocking bird to Owl: "Hey, how's the kids doing? Kill anything 
last night?"
 RW> Worst part is, it's at dawn.  Long before I have to get up.
I know, I know.
I was thinking of putting one up though, maybe on something
rotates. It would be neat to put one up with a swivel head
that would turn the head only when the antenna moves. Or maybe
one that has a control circuit with a timer that turns the head
randomly at different times.
I saw in QST a while back that the Japanese were using a big pair
of yellow eyes about the size of party ballons. They claim it scares
the birds off any tower. I wonder how Mocking birds will handle those?
-WS
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