Bird control.

I have been plagued with birds in my garden who have got out of control.

A battalion of 20 Swallows have snaffled every Whirlygig beetle in my pond.

A herd of 40 Sparrows keep uprooting all my sempervivums and the plants roll down to the bottom in my Arid Bed as the birds enjoy their dust baths.

Sneeky Blackbirds, who dive under bushes when I appear, turf all my leaf mould from the garden out onto the paths. I put it back every evening and when I come home from work, there's another unholy mess again.

Time for action!

Enter Harry the Hawk. Since he went up, all the birds have scooted away and peace has descended on the garden. Aaah! Bliss! Harry's brilliant, even if he's only a kite on a 31 feet fibreglass pole.

 

Blimey, do you think they'll get used to it?

 

Ziggy, if you were a sparrow with one of these flying overhead would you risk hanging around, I don't think I would.

That's a brilliant idea Kindredspirit, I could do with one to get shot of the thirty or so sparrows I have here, some of which nest in my house roof. Can I ask where you got Harry the Hawk please.

 

Since Harry went up, I'v seen loads of butterflies and a couple of red dragon flies. I'd seen none up to then. I presume the swallows nabbed them. I think there was too much natural food in my garden and the population of birds exploded. (I never feed birds because the feed attracts rats.)

Sheal, I got mine here. http://birdcontrol.ie/agricultural.shtml
I presume they do mail order.

 

Oh, by the way, they recommend that you move the hawk, if even by only a few metres, every 3 days or so. I'll probably move mine weekly.

 

Thanks for the info Kindredspirit.

 

As "Harry" has to moved every few days to be effective and that it's a chore tying him up again, I've devised these devices attached to the wall.
So, all I do now, is pick up the pole, walk to the next position and drop it into the holder. The holders will eventually be painted the same colour as the wall so they'll blend in.
The only problem I have still, is the pole telescoping down without warning. :cry: Am devising an answer to this problem as well. Watch this space. :D