All the postings on losses to birds, coupled with the death of kid in
FLA by alligator, and catching a rerun of the James Bond movie where he
escapes being fed to alligators, and low and behold, the idea bulb went
off!

Someone needs to make a foam alligator decoy, which could be floated on
a tether in a pond. Only the eyes and nose and snout would need to be
modeled, not the whole body, it would only need to be a foot or two
long.

Solar cells, and a couple of LED's could make the eyes glow at night.
The foam body will hold enough batteries to keep it going a while, a
couple of days, overnight, and through cloudy days.

Those ultrasonic things that make water vapor, could make the snout
appear to "breath" mist, possibly a prop, so it could move around. Do
this at random, so it appears alive.

Now it would seem to me that what appears to be a 12' gator lurking in
your pond would be a big deterrent to any bird that would recognize
this.

Which should be most of them, and other animals, will see it as a
predator at least.

Be quite a novelty for humans as well. Little kid, "A gator in the
pond, why?" A: "to keep kids from swimming in it".

If someone wants to take this idea and run with it, I ask only credit
for the idea, and a freebie unit.

Someone needs to make a foam alligator decoy, which could be floated on
a tether in a pond. Only the eyes and nose and snout would need to be
modeled, not the whole body, it would only need to be a foot or two
long.

This is already available on the market.
Can't find the URL off hand to send....

Solar cells, and a couple of LED's could make the eyes glow at night.
The foam body will hold enough batteries to keep it going a while, a
couple of days, overnight, and through cloudy days.

Hmmm wonder if the purchased gater could be modified?

Those ultrasonic things that make water vapor, could make the snout
appear to "breath" mist, possibly a prop, so it could move around. Do
this at random, so it appears alive.

Gators have misty breath? :-)

Now it would seem to me that what appears to be a 12' gator lurking in
your pond would be a big deterrent to any bird that would recognize
this.

AND to any unsuspecting human.

http://www.pondusa.com/decoys.htm

Lori wrote:
Someone needs to make a foam alligator decoy, which could be floated on
a tether in a pond. Only the eyes and nose and snout would need to be
modeled, not the whole body, it would only need to be a foot or two
long.


This is already available on the market.
Can't find the URL off hand to send....


Solar cells, and a couple of LED's could make the eyes glow at night.
The foam body will hold enough batteries to keep it going a while, a
couple of days, overnight, and through cloudy days.


Hmmm wonder if the purchased gater could be modified?


Those ultrasonic things that make water vapor, could make the snout
appear to "breath" mist, possibly a prop, so it could move around. Do
this at random, so it appears alive.


Gators have misty breath? :-)


Now it would seem to me that what appears to be a 12' gator lurking in
your pond would be a big deterrent to any bird that would recognize
this.


AND to any unsuspecting human.

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:12:40 -0400, Mike wrote:

http://www.pondusa.com/decoys.htm

That's it, thanks!

Lori wrote:

Those ultrasonic things that make water vapor, could make the snout
appear to "breath" mist, possibly a prop, so it could move around. Do
this at random, so it appears alive.

Gators have misty breath? :-)

Ok, may be a little Harry Potter influence, as well.

A floating Nessy maybe for our UK friends.

I've seen the misters in the pond dept, seems like a kinda fun idea, I
don't want one myself, but a cute idea.

I just have this visual in mind, a raccoon, at night, looking for a
snack at night, and this thing lights up, and "breathes" mist on him. I
think that would be a deterrent.

I wonder if it could heat sense a warm mammal or bird, at night with
some IR detector of some sort....

Here is one for you, the mouth opens and closes 3' long should scare
the.....well you might have extra clean up to do.
http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...58069&siteid=7

"John Hines" wrote in message
...
All the postings on losses to birds, coupled with the death of kid in
FLA by alligator, and catching a rerun of the James Bond movie where he
escapes being fed to alligators, and low and behold, the idea bulb went
off!

Someone needs to make a foam alligator decoy, which could be floated on
a tether in a pond. Only the eyes and nose and snout would need to be
modeled, not the whole body, it would only need to be a foot or two
long.

Solar cells, and a couple of LED's could make the eyes glow at night.
The foam body will hold enough batteries to keep it going a while, a
couple of days, overnight, and through cloudy days.

Those ultrasonic things that make water vapor, could make the snout
appear to "breath" mist, possibly a prop, so it could move around. Do
this at random, so it appears alive.

Now it would seem to me that what appears to be a 12' gator lurking in
your pond would be a big deterrent to any bird that would recognize
this.

Which should be most of them, and other animals, will see it as a
predator at least.

Be quite a novelty for humans as well. Little kid, "A gator in the
pond, why?" A: "to keep kids from swimming in it".

If someone wants to take this idea and run with it, I ask only credit
for the idea, and a freebie unit.

So all the Koi and goldfish jump outta the pond and run
like **LL !!! That thing would scare me ...

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"Bob H" wrote in message
...
Here is one for you, the mouth opens and closes 3' long should scare
the.....well you might have extra clean up to do.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/produc...58069&siteid=7

"John Hines" wrote in message
...
All the postings on losses to birds, coupled with the death of kid in
FLA by alligator, and catching a rerun of the James Bond movie where he
escapes being fed to alligators, and low and behold, the idea bulb went
off!

Someone needs to make a foam alligator decoy, which could be floated on
a tether in a pond. Only the eyes and nose and snout would need to be
modeled, not the whole body, it would only need to be a foot or two
long.

Solar cells, and a couple of LED's could make the eyes glow at night.
The foam body will hold enough batteries to keep it going a while, a
couple of days, overnight, and through cloudy days.

Those ultrasonic things that make water vapor, could make the snout
appear to "breath" mist, possibly a prop, so it could move around. Do
this at random, so it appears alive.

Now it would seem to me that what appears to be a 12' gator lurking in
your pond would be a big deterrent to any bird that would recognize
this.

Which should be most of them, and other animals, will see it as a
predator at least.

Be quite a novelty for humans as well. Little kid, "A gator in the
pond, why?" A: "to keep kids from swimming in it".

If someone wants to take this idea and run with it, I ask only credit
for the idea, and a freebie unit.

Tried that years ago.............. animals up north don't know and
kids don't care.
"John Hines" wrote in message
...
All the postings on losses to birds, coupled with the death of kid in
FLA by alligator, and catching a rerun of the James Bond movie where
he
escapes being fed to alligators, and low and behold, the idea bulb
went
off!

Someone needs to make a foam alligator decoy, which could be floated
on
a tether in a pond. Only the eyes and nose and snout would need to be
modeled, not the whole body, it would only need to be a foot or two
long.

Solar cells, and a couple of LED's could make the eyes glow at night.
The foam body will hold enough batteries to keep it going a while, a
couple of days, overnight, and through cloudy days.

Those ultrasonic things that make water vapor, could make the snout
appear to "breath" mist, possibly a prop, so it could move around. Do
this at random, so it appears alive.

Now it would seem to me that what appears to be a 12' gator lurking in
your pond would be a big deterrent to any bird that would recognize
this.

Which should be most of them, and other animals, will see it as a
predator at least.

Be quite a novelty for humans as well. Little kid, "A gator in the
pond, why?" A: "to keep kids from swimming in it".

If someone wants to take this idea and run with it, I ask only credit
for the idea, and a freebie unit.

Here is one for you, the mouth opens and closes 3' long should scare
the.....well you might have extra clean up to do.

Ohhh cool!!!!

Back to the topic of the Water-Spraying Scarecrow, I just this minute
purchased one on E-Bay for $49.95. Definitely worth trying for that
price!
Sue


"Lori" wrote in message
...

Here is one for you, the mouth opens and closes 3' long should scare
the.....well you might have extra clean up to do.

Ohhh cool!!!!

I have the one from

www.designtoscano.com


"Lori" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:12:40 -0400, Mike wrote:

http://www.pondusa.com/decoys.htm

That's it, thanks!

Check these out!
http://www.justliners.com/floatgators.htm

Check these out!
http://www.justliners.com/floatgators.htm

Try this one: http://www.aqua-mart.com/show.pl?cmd...ts&subcatid=23

3 piece floating gators small, medium and large. (Scroll down once at the
website) ~ jan

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003 11:12:40 -0400, Mike wrote:

http://www.pondusa.com/decoys.htm

Lori wrote:
Someone needs to make a foam alligator decoy, which could be floated on
a tether in a pond. Only the eyes and nose and snout would need to be
modeled, not the whole body, it would only need to be a foot or two
long.


This is already available on the market.
Can't find the URL off hand to send....


Solar cells, and a couple of LED's could make the eyes glow at night.
The foam body will hold enough batteries to keep it going a while, a
couple of days, overnight, and through cloudy days.


Hmmm wonder if the purchased gater could be modified?


Those ultrasonic things that make water vapor, could make the snout
appear to "breath" mist, possibly a prop, so it could move around. Do
this at random, so it appears alive.


Gators have misty breath? :-)


Now it would seem to me that what appears to be a 12' gator lurking in
your pond would be a big deterrent to any bird that would recognize
this.


AND to any unsuspecting human.



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

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

~ jan JJsPond.us wrote:

Try this one: http://www.aqua-mart.com/show.pl?cmd...ts&subcatid=23

3 piece floating gators small, medium and large. (Scroll down once at the
website) ~ jan

The little (12") baby one further down looks cool. Especially for $7

thanks