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So, the other day I was washing down my boat. I couldn't get over the amount of bird poo on my deck. I later went to the store to buy a plastic owl (this is no joke). Later in the day one of the people in the marina tells me that an owl sits atop my mast almost every night, hence the poo. Now what do I do? It's not as if a plastic owl is going to help. Just my luck other owls would think that it's some sort of owl strip club, pole and all. Any ideas? :laugher
I bought "Bird Spikes" and glued them to the top of my mast to deter an Osprey and mourning doves from perching there. They do work. I broke them into smaller pieces to glue them to the masthead. The marine stores handle them. I also hear a hoot owl in the neighborhood just before sunrise each morning.
Lmao. I don't want to kill the thing. Although, I'll be it would be good honey glazed with a side of red potatoes, garlic, butter and a spinach salad. Mmmm
Owls don't have the ability to bare arms because they have wings instead of arms.
But armed bears could be a much more serious problem, were some folks to insist upon their right to arm bears. Cruising the far Pacific Northwest could become a real nightmare.
3 nights in a row we watched three Cormorants sit on this boat while we were in Northeast Harbor recently. Notice the uncovered main. I ran the dinghy close by one day and saw the deck and main sail were completely covered with poo. No sign of the owner the whole time we were there.
We have a plastic owl with a solar powered head swivel mounted on the top of the bimini. It keeps the birds off our boat at the dock but there are so many birds we still get hit occasionally by fly-bys.
The last time we were in Hawaii I left the radar reflector hoisted (In the proper "Catch rain position"). A pair of doves nested in it. The mate wouldn't let me take it down until the chicks had flown away. What a mess!
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