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Bird Deterrent?

Pacifico - 5-28-2014 at 07:16 PM

Do any of you Nomads know of a proven bird deterrent to keep seagulls and pelicans (and their crap) away? I know fishing line works well in some situations... Any other methods?

bajacalifornian - 5-28-2014 at 07:20 PM

A shotgun?

Alan - 5-28-2014 at 07:22 PM

I tried a plastic owl but I still suspect the P-nche pelicans just had their way with her. Now I cover my boat with one of those cheap Walmart plastic tarps secured with bungee cords. It think the flapping in the wind has kept them away. Seems to be working for now.

woody with a view - 5-28-2014 at 07:47 PM

reflective pie tins, tinsel, foil strips that can blow in the breeze.....

we are outfitting our two $35 million dollar F35b hangars with reflective balls that spin via solar power. I know, I don't believe it either but the hangars up the way are having good luck!

danaeb - 5-28-2014 at 08:40 PM

http://www.nixalite.com/default.aspx

City of San Diego uses the spikes all over Balboa Park to keep the pigeons from roosting, but there's lot's of netting in the catalog too.

Whale-ista - 5-28-2014 at 09:16 PM

Try Recycled CDs. Hang a few from rigging. The reflections seem to disturb them.

I use them in my patio to keep birds from nesting in the rafters or flying into the glass doors.

DocRey - 5-28-2014 at 09:54 PM

There's a vessel fueling station here in L.A. Harbor that's trained their dog (Border Collie, I think) to keep ALL birds from landing on the station. Reported to have cost $10K. They say it's well worth it.;D

Pacifico - 5-28-2014 at 10:17 PM

Thanks for all the suggestions! I'm going to try a few of them...

Skipjack Joe - 5-28-2014 at 10:19 PM

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Originally posted by woody with a view

reflective pie tins, tinsel, foil strips that can blow in the breeze.....



You should try these ideas. The farmers in central valley use them to keep the blackbirds away, but I'm not sure how successfully.

redhilltown - 5-28-2014 at 11:00 PM

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Originally posted by DocRey
There's a vessel fueling station here in L.A. Harbor that's trained their dog (Border Collie, I think) to keep ALL birds from landing on the station. Reported to have cost $10K. They say it's well worth it.;D


I know this dog Doc and he (she?) is amazing!!! Black and white and spotted...not sure of the breed. Really keeps the birds at bay (pun, kind of intended.) ;D

bajabuddha - 5-29-2014 at 01:38 AM

A good full-size tarp cover will do the trick and is washable (for your boat I surmise). Hassle putting on and taking off, but keeps the under-stuff clean.

chuckie - 5-29-2014 at 02:49 AM

Also they are a bit slippery and the critters cant get good footing..

dtbushpilot - 5-29-2014 at 04:48 AM

I tried everything and nothing worked for more than a day or 2, pelicans are too dumb to be scared off easily. I put my boat in the marina, for some reason the birds stay off the boats there.

msteve1014 - 5-29-2014 at 07:52 AM

More boats to choose from, so there should be less birds per boat.

bajabuddha - 5-29-2014 at 09:18 AM

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Originally posted by dtbushpilot
I tried everything and nothing worked for more than a day or 2, pelicans are too dumb to be scared off easily. I put my boat in the marina, for some reason the birds stay off the boats there.

Geez, and I thought all the Mexicano Pescadores painted the top half of their motors and pangas white to help with the sun!! ;D:lol:

BajaBlanca - 5-29-2014 at 10:32 AM

If you are looking for a bird deterrent for your boat, this ( the picture below) is what we saw on Les's best friend's boat in England. We found and bought two of them online. One ended up on the boat (which we sold to the fishing cooperative) and the other ended up protecting our pila. The breeze moves them and the birds do not like the movement.

When we first moved here, the fishermen thought we had electric shocks on our boat LOL....it was the only one with no birds sitting on it.











Pacifico - 5-31-2014 at 07:20 PM

Thanks again for all the suggestions!

bajajeffrey - 6-1-2014 at 03:27 AM

Foil party streamers are also effective.

latina - 6-1-2014 at 08:25 AM

We use "gull sweeps". They are awesome. We tried everything else to keep the birds off our boat with varying success, but these did the job perfectly. We bought them in B.C. at a marine store...West Marine in the U.S. must sell them too.

DENNIS - 6-1-2014 at 09:12 AM

Try one of these:

http://2greenworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/www-memece...

Bob and Susan - 6-1-2014 at 02:39 PM

we tried EVERYTHING!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPSx6VCdeuc

you'll see in the video my wooden seagull...he was ravashed!!!

Ateo - 6-1-2014 at 02:53 PM

I hear a photo of Obama keeps those stinkin' birds away!

Kgryfon - 6-1-2014 at 04:20 PM

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Originally posted by DENNIS
Try one of these:

http://2greenworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/www-memece...


Ha ha! Wondering what the other side looks like...

DENNIS - 6-1-2014 at 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by Kgryfon
Ha ha! Wondering what the other side looks like...


Maybe an extra limb??