Loft roof

[PATTY BHOY]

Would painting 2 circles on the loft roof,just like eagle owls eyes would this scare Mrs Sparrowhawk.Comments please. :-/ :-/ :-/ :-/

[blaz]

yes if you paint it at night so as hawk does not see its just a painting lol

[Guest IB]

Think that must be a first on here.    

 

Sparks two things in my mind: (1) if the 'eyes' reflected light, then may give illusion of movement and cause second thoughts for an attack; but light does change, so effect may be nulled at certain times;

 

(2) Often wonder what is the purpose the woodpigeon's large white circles either side of its head? When the bird is in flight, do they look like large eyes from above? Other creatures make use of the same effect in nature, so appears to be an effective defence.  

[PATTY BHOY]

Mate of mine has done this with his loft.His loft is beside a wooded area,not one sight of hawks.,

[sapper756]

Mate of mine has done this with his loft.His loft is beside a wooded area,not one sight of hawks.,

 

Don,t know the answer, but certainly worth giving it a go m8 good luck, let us know how you get on

[Guest strapper]

yes if you paint it at night so as hawk does not see its just a painting lol

 

 

good thinking gaz...never thought of that! ;D ;D ;D

 

[joe61]

might get shot of hawk problem but watch out for helicopters???

 

oh happy days

[ozbrit]

my dad did a similar thing years ago by painting eyes on plastic bucket lids and then fixing them to thew loft roof it seemed to do the trick

[Guest 67ghirl]

might get shot of hawk problem but watch out for helicopters???

 

oh happy days

 

 

 

 

(evil) lol

[PIGEON_MAN]

Think you will find it will work well until the hawk gets used to them,its like a lot of the deterrants they seem to work well for a while,know someone who bought one of those big plastic eagle owls,perfect for a while hawk now roosts on top of it.

[OLDYELLOW]

Think you will find it will work well until the hawk gets used to them,its like a lot of the deterrants they seem to work well for a while,know someone who bought one of those big plastic eagle owls,perfect for a while hawk now roosts on top of it.

 

sounds like a cracking idea to swap it fer a real un after all been eat by an eagle owl would be classes as a natural ending

[Roland]

Like the Owl Statues, they soon realise they don't move.... just my own views.

[kev01293]

i wish the bloody hawk would sit on top of my plastic eagle owl   all i want it to do is sit still just long enough.....  

[Guest shadow]

may act as a temporary deterent but they will get used to them

[Guest Owen]

Internet, Swedish Goshawk Trap, Make one, catch hawk, problem solved.