I have a pair of real live owls that roost atop my
ham antennas. I have plenty of little birds that vist
the trees below and use my patio as their toilet.
But, I only see the owls on their roost late at night.
Have not seen any mice around in a long time, though.

Although I would not want to man the post 24 x 7, a
Red Rider BB gun might get the message across to
those pesky tail squatters. Aim carefully so as not to induce
'hail damage' on the vertical tail sections :-)

Ronnie

"Marco Leon" mmleon(at)yahoo.com wrote in message
...
I'm surprised that I have not been able to find much on Google on
deterring
birds on the tails of GA aircraft. Maybe I haven't found the magic search
terms yet. Anyhow, has anyone tried this or anything similar with any
success? http://www.absolutebirdcontrol.com/b...er.htm?ABS=BBG. I have
visions of wind meter-type of spinner (with the little cups)
lightly-clipped
near the top of the tail but I worry about leaving it on by accident.

A tie-down neighbor has an owl perched on a high pole attached to a
weighted
base. His Mooney's tail seems crap-free but I still need to verify its
effectiveness. Maybe I can put the Bird Spider on a similar contraption. I
saw an older post by Margy Natalie about using old CD's or the scare ball
but I'm unsure of the mounting options.

Thanks,

Marco




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