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Topic Title: Blackbird Repeller?
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Created On: 02/10/2008 08:26:12 AM

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02/10/2008 08:26:12 AM
joetil Admiral Posts: 293 Joined: 09/10/2006	During warm winter days our boat gets overrun with large blackbirds. The sit on the rails and unload their bowels...and this makes a big mess. Sometimes it appears they have dined on tar, the mess is so hard to wash off. Discharging my shotgun over the boat always scares them off but it scares the neighbors as well. I've got 2 large fake owls on the boat and the boathouse but the birds ignore them after awhile. Help...I'm getting tired of this daily crapfest. ------------------------- joetil 50x15 Burns-Craft in South Fla
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02/10/2008 08:33:28 AM
stmbtwle Admiral Posts: 2142 Joined: 04/22/2003	If you have water available, try one of these: http://www.pestproducts.com/scarecrow.htm ------------------------- Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
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02/10/2008 08:38:38 AM
hidro Member Posts: 71 Joined: 12/25/2007	Now thats a neat device! I would like to see it work. Wonder if it would have any effect on spiders??? ------------------------- 1985 Gibson 44 Twin 270 Crusaders Defeated Creek Marina Cumberland River TN
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02/10/2008 08:50:11 AM
stmbtwle Admiral Posts: 2142 Joined: 04/22/2003	Some of the sites have videos. I have one... I use it to keep the dogs from running up and down the fence barking at the neighbor's mutts. They learn really quick how far it will reach, though, so I have to move it around. I also tried setting it close to the bird feeder to deter squirrels; it has to be really close so the birds are above it's field of vision, but it will definitely set a squirrel packing! For a practical joke you can put one next to your driveway... ------------------------- Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
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02/10/2008 11:52:16 AM
CaptMark Member Posts: 174 Joined: 07/23/2007	I can give testament that that scarecrow device really works! My garden is right on a deer path and deer go out of their way to avoid it. The only problem on a boat is you’d have to have water pressure to it at all times. It doesn’t continuously run so if you have a on-demand pump it might work. The scarecrow gets me sometimes too when I forget it's on. ------------------------- Mark 1979 Crest Brookville Lake, IN
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02/10/2008 06:21:22 PM
sailer1 Admiral Posts: 328 Joined: 03/19/2004	Shotgun!! ------------------------- Ken Paulson 1996 44' Gibson Std. twin 350 crusaders Upper Mississippi
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02/10/2008 08:35:20 PM
BrokerDave Member Posts: 154 Joined: 08/15/2006	Birdfeeder with tainted food. oops. ------------------------- Boatless at the moment www.spboatsales.com
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02/10/2008 09:06:08 PM
campo5474 Member Posts: 184 Joined: 05/09/2007	Shotgun=Blackbird Jambalaya=HMMMM HMMMMM GOOD!!!!! ------------------------- Sincerely, Jason Miss Sandi
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02/10/2008 11:52:17 PM
stmbtwle Admiral Posts: 2142 Joined: 04/22/2003	Just don't eat the ones Dave has been feeding!! ------------------------- Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
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02/11/2008 11:42:15 AM
BrokerDave Member Posts: 154 Joined: 08/15/2006	Didn't know they were edible. ------------------------- Boatless at the moment www.spboatsales.com
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02/11/2008 12:26:59 PM
stmbtwle Admiral Posts: 2142 Joined: 04/22/2003	Most of us don't, but those Cajuns will eat just about anything! ------------------------- Willie She's a tired old barge but she's paid for! http://s71.photobucket.com/alb...p;current=ef324993.pbw
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02/11/2008 05:38:05 PM
OLD HOUSEBOATER Super moderator Posts: 1520 Joined: 10/18/2002	4 and 20 Blackbirds baked in a pie. ------------------------- OLD HOUSEBOATER
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02/15/2008 10:43:18 AM
joetil Admiral Posts: 293 Joined: 09/10/2006	This looks like a great idea. Thanks for all of the good feedback. I'll order one and let you all know how it worked. I guess I'll have to get a retriever (dog) if I want to enjoy blackbird pie as they all fall in the water. ------------------------- joetil 50x15 Burns-Craft in South Fla
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