Owl scarecrows

To:	Bill Stent <>
Subject:	Owl scarecrows
From:	Russell Woodford <>
Date:	Wed, 11 Dec 2013 22:55:11 +1100

We've got one stuck in our peach tree. I think all it does is give the
blackbirds something to look at while they eat our peaches.


On 11 December 2013 20:37, Bill Stent <> wrote:

> The Starlings on the roof of the house opposite like to perch in the shade
> of one. It's never eaten one of them, so far.
>
> Bill
>
> On 11/12/2013, at 7:17 PM, Ian Reid <> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > A question has just occurred to me as I drove past a house with a model
> Eagle-owl set up on the roof, presumably to discourage pigeons from
> roosting.
> >
> > There are no "eared" owls in Australia, so do natives respond to such a
> silhouette or not?
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
>

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