Help please! Grackles (large crowlike birds) come and stand on the marginal
pots to drink and then dig around in the rocks/dirt! Plants are really
suffering...what are some ways I can deter them?

Thanks
Craig

Toss bird netting over your marginals.

good luck!

k30a

I was having trouble with racoons at night. I recently purchased a "Scare
Crow" sprinkler. It is motion activated and sits by a tree. It is hardly
noticeable but as soon as it detects motion it goes off. My plants are safe
now. Cost about $70 but really worth it. I would think it would chase off
the birds. http://www.tswildlife.com/products.html down toward the bottom
of the page.

"Craig Cagle" wrote in message
. ..
Help please! Grackles (large crowlike birds) come and stand on the
marginal
pots to drink and then dig around in the rocks/dirt! Plants are really
suffering...what are some ways I can deter them?

Thanks
Craig

Does the wind blowing your shrubs set it off also? Do you ever forget that
it is on and walk in to a burst of cold water sometimes?

Just letting my mind wander!

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"Heather" wrote in message
.. .
I was having trouble with racoons at night. I recently purchased a "Scare
Crow" sprinkler. It is motion activated and sits by a tree. It is hardly
noticeable but as soon as it detects motion it goes off. My plants are
safe
now. Cost about $70 but really worth it. I would think it would chase
off
the birds. http://www.tswildlife.com/products.html down toward the
bottom
of the page.

"Craig Cagle" wrote in message
. ..
Help please! Grackles (large crowlike birds) come and stand on the
marginal
pots to drink and then dig around in the rocks/dirt! Plants are really
suffering...what are some ways I can deter them?

Thanks
Craig

www.Ponds2go.com is listing it for $56. Anyone find it cheaper somewhere
else? ~ jan

On Sat, 31 May 2003 14:55:09 -0400, "Heather"
wrote:

I was having trouble with racoons at night. I recently purchased a "Scare
Crow" sprinkler. It is motion activated and sits by a tree. It is hardly
noticeable but as soon as it detects motion it goes off. My plants are safe
now. Cost about $70 but really worth it. I would think it would chase off
the birds. http://www.tswildlife.com/products.html down toward the bottom
of the page.

"Craig Cagle" wrote in message
...
Help please! Grackles (large crowlike birds) come and stand on the
marginal
pots to drink and then dig around in the rocks/dirt! Plants are really
suffering...what are some ways I can deter them?

Thanks
Craig





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On Sat, 31 May 2003 20:22:56 GMT, "Just Me \"Koi\""
wrote:

Does the wind blowing your shrubs set it off also? Do you ever forget that
it is on and walk in to a burst of cold water sometimes?

Just letting my mind wander!

1st question: It has a dial you can set so blowing things don't set it off.
2nd question: YES! Heck, I've turned it on, thinking I'm done around the
pond, take a double look and see some minor thing and walk right in front
of it. Refreshing on a hot day. ;o) ~ jan

See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

Someone on another pond site reported that a policeman had occasion to check
his backyard and got the full blast of his motion activated sprinker.... he was
not amused.


k30a

K30a wrote:
Someone on another pond site reported that a policeman had occasion to check
his backyard and got the full blast of his motion activated sprinker.... he was
not amused.


k30a

I wonder if he found what he was looking for?

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