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> Howdy, all---
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> I have heard good reports on the effectiveness of big rubber owls
> with shiny eyes in scaring birds from fields. There is a company
> that makes them...and there's also a model that emits owl noises.
> I saw these on the Web about two years ago. Might be worth an
> AltaVista query. People in Wisconsin use them to scare all manner of =
> birds away from their piers, gardens, decks, and pools.
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> Can't say what this fact is worth but I raised a mourning dove chick
> once who was scared to death of nothing except the sound of the
> blender and Motown music (especially Martha and the Vandellas, go
> figure).
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> peace
> michele
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