what these are?
Scarecats
;D........no
no idea but they're cute ;D
?for hanging baskets they are big noses ????? ???
Targets ?
Think pigeons. :-X
Think Interesting & Creative Things to Do with offcuts of substandard scaffolding planks after the rest have made handy raised bed edging ;D
Can't be for hanging baskets cos their noses aren't upturned :)...not that I have anything snooty against hanging baskets (mostly :-\)... but they'd slide off?
Pigeon deterrants?
Oops, see you said "think pigeons"....didn't see that 1st time round....they reminded me of the animal-things peeps in NY put on their balconies to deter pigeons, is orl....they didn't work, either ;D
Warm ....but no.
Owls?
....it's owls, that's right, comes back to me now, that the NY peeps have....
(btw bet, you done the kamikaze trip on the drive-on mower yet? Looking forward to hearing how you got on - and off) ;D
The bits left off last years Turner Prize.
Am I right?
When the pigeons arrive on your plot you pick one of these up and forehand it off the plot...........
Falcon? ;D
Showing homing pigeons the way home..........? ???
Quote from: betula on May 28, 2008, 10:45:14
Owls?
correct.......they are baby Owls
Quote from: Deb P on May 28, 2008, 16:01:40
Showing homing pigeons the way home..........? ???
It is to do with homing Pigeons! ??
Does this help
Give up?
YES :)
cat scarers ???
It's too good for the Turner prize!
Bored with normal races, where the pigeons are taken somewhere far away and race to see who is first home, pigeon fanciers have designed new "slalom" courses in the style of skiing or canoe races. Unable to make the pigeons go round plastic flags, they instead use artificial owls to create the course?
I'd have thought something which cast an owl-shaped shadow was more effective (or something that was owl shaped in 3-d, rather than a flat bit of wood?)
Quote from: lolabelle on May 30, 2008, 11:01:49
cat scarers ???
No, the 3 small ones are Eagle owl chicks.....yes they are!.....and the large one is mum.
The chap on the plot next to (pigeon Al)me put them up after a few of this years Young birds became dinner for a sparrow hawk, apparently they don't like Eagle owls,and it seems to work plus it keeps the wood pigeons off my peas....so now ya know what baby owls look like. ::) ;D ;D ;D