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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Sat Aug 12, 17 2:19 pm Post subject:
the solid type are easy and cheap but they soon decide it is no threat

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
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Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sat Aug 12, 17 3:51 pm Post subject:

My mate who deals with my foxes shoots pigeons and flies a Harris hawk to deter pigeons from places like football stadiums. It's part of his pest control company (although, mostly I think he just likes hawks)

Harris Hawk is likely your best bet. They're cheap and common, so someone should have one close by and will likely fly it so as to have somewhere to train. You will probably have to put up with it being stuck up a tree now again. They are notoriously grumpy. I'll ask him what sort of network there is to contact people.

(I'm still itching to put an eagle owl in the chicken house and give foxy a shock. Apparently, the Warwickshire hunt use them to finish off the foxes they hound and hunt legally. I don't know if it's a myth though and I'm not especially fond of them the rest of the time)

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Tue Jun 19, 18 10:45 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

this sort of bird kite might work better than a gasket set

Was this one that you recommend, or just one that you happened to conveniently find?
It's that time of year ago: I'd best get a bird & get it flying...

dpack

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Posted: Wed Jun 20, 18 10:31 am Post subject:
a generic example iirc i found lots, something like bird scarer hawk kite had pages of em.

Hairyloon

Joined: 20 Nov 2008
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Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 18 6:43 pm Post subject:
I've ordered one. And a plastic owl...

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