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From: bluejay@feathr.enet.dec.com (Bluejay Adametz)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Birds in my boat
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Date: 17 Jun 91 14:35:25 GMT
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In article <91167.092735PNU@psuvm.psu.edu>, PNU@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>How do I go about dissuading birds from nesting
>there in the future (I destroyed three nests before I found one with eggs, so
>the bird is nothing if not persistent). 

One technique I've used with a fair amount of success around my airplane is to 
get 3 or 4 of those real life-like rubber snakes and distribute them around
the aircraft/watercraft.

The trick to making this work is to move the snakes around frequently - I used 
to do this daily (my airplane is hangered now). If you don't move them around
the birds will catch on fairly quickly.

						- Bluejay Adametz
						  AA-5B   N45210