These Droids Are For The Birds

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WarNerd 2/25/2012 6:27:49 PM

Let's see how long it takes the birds to adapt.

They tried plastic Coyotes where I work. In 3 days the birds ignored them, in 10 they were using them for shade.

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VelocityVector Cats cats and more cats 2/26/2012 5:28:52 PM

Even birds network information and share assets. Your plastic coytes are by now almost certainly rich in phosphates as the birds use them daily for target practice. Glad I'm not responsible for managing the decoys.

A simple solution might be introducing cats from a local shelter.

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WarNerd 2/27/2012 4:39:12 AM

A simple solution might be introducing cats from a local shelter.

Unfortunately the birds are Canadian Geese. You need a Bobcat or large dog for those. Plus they are a protected species so you cannot harm them, and they sure seem to know it!

Cats only work for the small stuff, even a raven can take on a house cat. Also, in many cases at airports you are dealing with a colony, and any small predator will just get mobbed.

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VelocityVector Still Willing to Try Cats 2/27/2012 8:26:09 PM

Ya could obtain waivers removing status locally for human safety reasons including on human health grounds. I know a bit about geese because my aunt kept a flock and as a child I got herded by Brutus, the chief goose. Hissing, flapping and snapping at our faces. We obeyed and were herded about accordingly. Several times a year though my aunt would select a victim - never Brutus sadly, take it behind the smoke house, pin it under a sheet of plywood and rip its head off along the edge. (Her biceps were the size of my thighs now.) Then we'd feast. Even house cats can prey on the goslings and help drive the population elsewhere. Dogs, shotguns etc. You'll have to actually kill a number of geese before they consider their options, they are most intransigent, or accept aircraft losses, which are inexcusable for most of us excepting PETA members. Current methods apparently do not work, as they won't for the SKoreans for the reasons you indicated. 0.02

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