BIRD DETERRENT

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rarambarri

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Hello everyone,
I am looking for advice as to what works best as deterrant for seaguls. After having my boat on the same spot, at the same marina, for a long time, I recently found my boat full of droppings. I put some supermarket plastic bags on the railings so that the wind moves them around. IВґve seen owls, and other repellents but donВґt know what the best method is. Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks
 
Some Fishing line strung from Bow to Stern with CD's strung on it every fot or 2 feet. When they move the birds don't like the glares etc.
 
I second the fishing line. I string it along my dock every spring and fall. Keeps the geese from jumping up on the dock. Filthy animals!

As for the owls...my neighbor has 2 up on his sh*t stained roof. The seagulls sit right next to them!!
 
I started using the Bird-X holographic tape and a Gull Sweep. Both seem to have helped. I attached 3' strips of the Bird X tape to a loop and attached those with velcro so I can take them off easily. The problem with the Gull Sweep is the blade just sits on the pin, so if there is any chance of it tilting (I have mine on a sand bag mount on a supported part of the canvas) it will just fall off.

I don't like the idea of putting any of this on my boat but when the marina got quiet in the fall the gulls just moved in and they are the most disgusting creatures alive. I am also interested in any suggestions.

Vic
 
I used the Gull Sweep this year, in conjunction with a line zig zagged across the bow rails. I was very pleased with the results. Only 2 hits by birds all year.

I used one in the past on another boat and also lost one to winds and tilting. They have a relatively new Gull Sweep retention device that is highly effective will still allowing easy installation and removal.
 
stay away from the sand bag mount on the gull sweep... they will tilt in heavy wind, stay tilted and sratch whatever they seep on!
 
This works good.

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(Seriously, kill a few and leave their carcass around. The others will leave. I've used it for years in hangars)
 
what geebee said is so true. but i use a high powered pellet gun. just don't let the feds catch you doing the damn things are protected.
 
Protected?! How could they be endangered? There's about 50 tousand of them over at Burger King's dumpster right now!
 
We don't have much of an issue with gulls but Wayne's damn Canadian geese are another story. Supposed to be migratory birds but they somehow found out they are a protected species and never left!

Only thing I found that bothers them is Jake the insane Border Collie. He LOVES to chase them away.
 
Summer 2008, when Charmer was on a mooring in Nantucket Harbor, gulls used to scream "buffet" before bombing the boat with clams, oysters and the occasional crab. Having cracked open their dinner, they would then settle down to dine. If I was around, I would run up with my trusty broom and scare them away (people who witnessed this would be doubled over laughing). We were constantly sweeping shells off the decks and the top of the sky lounge.

Fast forward to Summer, 2009, back on the mooring in Nantucket. With two Gull Sweeps installed, one on the foredeck and one on top of the sky lounge, almost no gull traffic at all! Once in a while I'd find a shell. No more waiving a broom around for the entertainment of the harbor traffic.

Gull Sweeps work!
 
Thank you all for very valuable advice. Ill be trying these methods to see which one works best in South Florida.
 
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Originally posted by winters remedy

I've seen some people put rubber snakes on the bow.

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And I've seen birds hop over those rubber snakes and continue their business.
 
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