'Scare-sparrow' is my coined phrase. If a scare-crow scares off crows, well . . .

One of my clients lives on a lot in Woodside with many large oak trees. He has a MB S550, nice car, maybe an '09. He was having a problem the last couple of months with a small bird, a sparrow or a starling maybe, roosting on the driver side mirror and pooping all over it. If he parked in the parking strip out front instead of behind his gate, no improvement. This bird had marked its territory. Then he heard about these things:





No more poop, in fact, he said he hadn't seen or heard any birds or squirrels since he started putting it on top of his car! The car pic was taken at night, not the best. He had it on the porch today, I think the bird in question has been scared off good and proper.

THe head on this thing is mounted on a really sensitive ball bearing. Light breezes will make the head move. Spins and goes up and down. About $30 IIRC.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Does he drive with it on there ?

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

That would be negatory, good buddie.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Cool!

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..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Wonder if it would keep the dump ducks from crapping on boats while at the mooring? Might be worth a shot.

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

It looks like the head can move. Is it powered?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Does it work with pigeons? I've tried a lot of things to get rid of the pigeons on one of my rental properties with no success.

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

Where did he buy it?

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

The side to side, ball bearings are fine. How do you do the up and down though? Gimbal bearings? So you spring load the head to keep it one way or how do you get it to return to rest position?

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Rotating Head Owl | GEMPLER'S

Pretty good reviews from owners.

"Obviously, this did not work after three weeks and I found pigeon poop upon the head and wings of the plastic, indicating that the pigeons returned. Most birds at first glance are frightened by it but after a few days, they instinctively know that it isnt really alive, even the moving head, which is operated by a spring, doesn't mimic actual live owl's heads, since most owls don't even have a neck bone structure. After a few more months, even the head fell off and there was a woodpecker nest inside the hole. After a few years, the whole thing just fell to pieces."

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1977 300d 70k--sold 08
1985 300TD 185k+
1984 307d 126k--sold 8/03
1985 409d 65k--sold 06
1984 300SD 315k--daughter's car
1979 300SD 122k--sold 2/11
1999 Fuso FG Expedition Camper
1993 GMC Sierra 6.5 TD 4x4
1982 Bluebird Wanderlodge CAT 3208--Sold 2/13

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1980 300TD-China Blue/Blue MBTex-2nd Owner, 107K (Alt Blau) OBK #15
'06 Chevy Tahoe Z71 (for the wife & 4 kids, current mule) '03 Honda Odyssey (son #1's ride, reluctantly) '99 GMC Suburban (255K+ miles, semi-retired mule) 21' SeaRay Seville (summer escape pod)

Cardinals are notorious for pecking car mirrors. Both side mirrors of my 124 are really scratched from this. For a year or so I had to cover my mirrors with plastic grocery bags. Nothing else I did helped, but I didn't think of the owl thing. I would not have believed that bird pecks could scratch glass as bad as it is, but it is pretty bad. They must have grit on their beaks.

Rgds,
Chris W.
'95 E300D, 436K

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Objects in closer are mirror than they appear.

Howdy All,
Had them at work to scare pigeons out of the hangers. Eventually the pigeons got used to the owls which ended up with as much bird poop on them as the planes. A real live hawk started hanging around and the pigeon population went down considerably.

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Frank X. Morris
17 Kia Niro
08 Jeep Wrangler 4 door unlimited