SOMERS
Senior Member
IT IS ALL ABOUT FOOD.
Let's get positive about *Bird dropping on you boat.
We have a bird here who is a flying cement factory, it dumps its business on our boats.
I have saved the best till last.
Rubber Snakes don't work, as the birdies think that is food.
6 ft long Mavis homemade snake don't work, they think that is a banquet.
2 ft tall Plastic *owls with bobbing head don't work , this toy attracts birds who think that there is a party going on and can't want to join in, the crows used to dive bomb *ours.
Flags ; Steamers ; Pennants and Noisemakers *don't *work, the birds think that it is a *State Political Rally.
Any thing that moves attracts them for a free lunch ,one bird comes, then all the uncles and aunts show up to the National Lampoons Vacation.
Audible sounds attract them to come to the party, it is all about free food.
RPG 's and Guns don't work because *the bullets chip the paint.
Sling shots and BB guns don't work the shots also chip the paint.
You could make up "Uncle Remus" scare crow, but , where are you going to put it.
We love our birds , we have two parrots Joey and Sunny,also have two bird baths *in the garden and we feed our wild birds every morning away from the house.
We have Ground doves ; Regular Doves *; Sparrows *;Crows ; Pigeons ;
Kiskadees : they are a noisy bunch.
Red and Blue birds and Starlings all come for the feast. Our garden is full of song , we don't need an alarm clock from China.
So what does work to keep birds away from your boat.
You have to establish a feeding station away from your boats, the birds will*find the location real quick and stay over for lunch.
Our Pigeons, that is Roy and Rose will stay close to where we feed them , they are not going any time soon.
A selected new location is their latest airport because your boat *is not on their shopping list any more.
Birds will sit out in the rain and wait and wait.
The problem *for them is that they are always hungry.
Give the birds a chance to settle in their new location.
Some Birds can smell of a can Sardines, which you can dump in an old sock have it swinging in the breeze over there, that gets the party started.
You have seen a cloud *of 500,000 gulls hovering over a fishing trawler. they are not therefor fishing lessons.
It's all about food. Birds will always go where the food is , all you have to do is show them the way .
Maintenance
Remove Bimini tops clean with an old tooth brush *using ivory liquid in the bath tub and rinse well. let dry.
Treat your Bimini top with a protectant containing TEFLON which protects against future damage it usually takes 3 spray bottles and a soft foam sponge for say a 10'x 10' Bimini.
For *Droppings *on decks use a stiff brusk with full strength clorox and rinse well.
The Heron is the flying cement factory they will make a destructive mess , i don't know a bout West Coast Pelicans, who are protected.
Please do not harm the birds as MOST if not all are protected.
Wild bird seed is cheep and available in 50 lb bags at the pet store.
Sardines 3 rd isle on left next to the Pigeons.
Chickens come home to roost and for a feed .
Pigeons are the battle tanks of the bird kingdom.
It's all about food.
Donald & Mavis
-- Edited by SOMERS on Sunday 6th of March 2011 04:39:08 PM
-- Edited by SOMERS on Sunday 6th of March 2011 04:41:04 PM
-- Edited by SOMERS on Tuesday 8th of March 2011 09:33:28 PM
Let's get positive about *Bird dropping on you boat.
We have a bird here who is a flying cement factory, it dumps its business on our boats.
I have saved the best till last.
Rubber Snakes don't work, as the birdies think that is food.
6 ft long Mavis homemade snake don't work, they think that is a banquet.
2 ft tall Plastic *owls with bobbing head don't work , this toy attracts birds who think that there is a party going on and can't want to join in, the crows used to dive bomb *ours.
Flags ; Steamers ; Pennants and Noisemakers *don't *work, the birds think that it is a *State Political Rally.
Any thing that moves attracts them for a free lunch ,one bird comes, then all the uncles and aunts show up to the National Lampoons Vacation.
Audible sounds attract them to come to the party, it is all about free food.
RPG 's and Guns don't work because *the bullets chip the paint.
Sling shots and BB guns don't work the shots also chip the paint.
You could make up "Uncle Remus" scare crow, but , where are you going to put it.
We love our birds , we have two parrots Joey and Sunny,also have two bird baths *in the garden and we feed our wild birds every morning away from the house.
We have Ground doves ; Regular Doves *; Sparrows *;Crows ; Pigeons ;
Kiskadees : they are a noisy bunch.
Red and Blue birds and Starlings all come for the feast. Our garden is full of song , we don't need an alarm clock from China.
So what does work to keep birds away from your boat.
You have to establish a feeding station away from your boats, the birds will*find the location real quick and stay over for lunch.
Our Pigeons, that is Roy and Rose will stay close to where we feed them , they are not going any time soon.
A selected new location is their latest airport because your boat *is not on their shopping list any more.
Birds will sit out in the rain and wait and wait.
The problem *for them is that they are always hungry.
Give the birds a chance to settle in their new location.
Some Birds can smell of a can Sardines, which you can dump in an old sock have it swinging in the breeze over there, that gets the party started.
You have seen a cloud *of 500,000 gulls hovering over a fishing trawler. they are not therefor fishing lessons.
It's all about food. Birds will always go where the food is , all you have to do is show them the way .
Maintenance
Remove Bimini tops clean with an old tooth brush *using ivory liquid in the bath tub and rinse well. let dry.
Treat your Bimini top with a protectant containing TEFLON which protects against future damage it usually takes 3 spray bottles and a soft foam sponge for say a 10'x 10' Bimini.
For *Droppings *on decks use a stiff brusk with full strength clorox and rinse well.
The Heron is the flying cement factory they will make a destructive mess , i don't know a bout West Coast Pelicans, who are protected.
Please do not harm the birds as MOST if not all are protected.
Wild bird seed is cheep and available in 50 lb bags at the pet store.
Sardines 3 rd isle on left next to the Pigeons.
Chickens come home to roost and for a feed .
Pigeons are the battle tanks of the bird kingdom.
It's all about food.
Donald & Mavis
-- Edited by SOMERS on Sunday 6th of March 2011 04:39:08 PM
-- Edited by SOMERS on Sunday 6th of March 2011 04:41:04 PM
-- Edited by SOMERS on Tuesday 8th of March 2011 09:33:28 PM
