If you have ventured all of the way to this post, then I have a slight hunch that you are wondering why I am talking about getting rid of crows. Well, whether you people want to believe it or not, I have a very good reason to be talking about this issue. For the last couple of months, there have been some really pesky, annoying, pest birds inhabiting my property. They loiter on my roof, on the fence post, and even on my porch. To tell you people the truth; I am sick of it and have had enough of these troubles. They leave their droppings all over the place and are devaluing my property. So, in this article I will cover natural and ultrasonic methods of crow deterrent. This will include reflective tape (Made of mylar), ultrasonic repellent, sonic repellents that mimic distress calls, decoys, and bird spikes.
The most basics natural methods for repelling crows are to stop feeding them or keeping them in the area with tasty morsels. This means that we have to stop feeding these ugly birds. I know it is hard (I am being sarcastic), but in order to scare them away, we cannot leave any holes in our plan for them to keep coming back.
Ultrasonic crow deterrent is quite popular these days. These ultra neat gadgets use sound to ring their ear drums and keep them out of the skies. The neatest part about them is that they work on crows and other annoying birds while being practically inaudible to people. I don’t know about you folks, but that is really cool in my book. Anyways, there are also some sonic crow repellents that use natural sounds made by the bird to make them less likely to make an aerial visit to the area. They employ the use of the calls made by this animal to warn them of danger or that one of their fellow comrades has been hit and is going down. Okay, I was having a little fun with that last one, but they basically mimic warning calls. Because these things lack the ability to reason in their brains, they will heed this warning call and not make a landing or hang out much. Bird x is a really good brand for these types of things.
Now we will be taking a turn to crow repellent decoys, reflective tape, and bird spikes. Did any of you know that these birds have many enemies? Well, one very effective method that I have used to repel them over the years is to use a decoy that looks like one of these enemies. I know that they do not like hawks and often gang up on them, so I am not sure that that particular animal will work. Owls and scarecrows are some old favorites, but in the year 2011, I like to keep things real. This means that I keep up and am open to some of the newest technology. I use products like terror eyes. Terror eyes is a product by Bird X that is basically a big orange ball with some mean looking owl like eyes on it. Folks, this thing looks mean and has worked for me as an excellent crow deterrent. I hang it from a pole or a tree as a constant reminder that those pest birds are not welcome here. I often use reflective tape in conjunction with Terror Eyes. This is some tape that is metallic looking and makes a really fine, crackly noise when it catches wind. Crows do not like this noise apparently because I have not seen them since. The last repellent that I will talk about here is bird spikes. I have not used these things before because I solved my problem with other methods. Anyways, bird spikes are placed on fences or area where people do not want them to land. It is not a sharp spike or anything like that, but it does look uninviting and makes it really hard for them to land and loiter in the area.
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