Birds in the hangar

That reminds me of a disco ball. I know that chased me out of the
disco! =-O

On 11/4/2016 4:09 AM, Surge wrote:
On Friday, 4 November 2016 11:29:39 UTC+2, Ben Coleman wrote:
Probably not for our main hanger. It is roughly 25x25m (or more) and holds around 13 gliders. Of course anything can be done but probably looking for something less daunting.
Regards Ben
How effective are those rotating reflective prisms that one can see mounted on the top of buildings?
Example: http://www.birdbarrier.com/content/2...ered-versions/

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On Thursday, November 3, 2016 at 6:43:22 PM UTC-7, Ben Coleman wrote:
Our club is discussing what we can do to deter birds from perching in our hangar and messing up our aircraft. Can anyone recommend a technique? Are there any methods which have not worked?

The birds are small, probably swallows.

Thanks Ben

I installed bird netting to the underside of the rafters effectively taking away the perching areas. Birds disappeared from the hangar.

On Friday, November 4, 2016 at 9:36:19 AM UTC-4, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Friday, November 4, 2016 at 6:38:35 AM UTC-4, AS wrote:
The birds (pigeons) in our hangar died suddenly from high velocity lead poisoning.

Oddly, the roof started leaking just afterwards...

If you use indoor-artillery, yes. A bb-gun is the tool of choice for a clandestine job like this. :-)

Good to hear these gizmos work, this is one of the proposals for our club (using a mix of ultrasonic and audible sounds including distress and predator sounds).
Regards Ben

On Friday, November 4, 2016 at 1:27:22 PM UTC-7, Ben Coleman wrote:
Good to hear these gizmos work, this is one of the proposals for our club (using a mix of ultrasonic and audible sounds including distress and predator sounds).
Regards Ben

The electronic noisemakers were thought of as "most people cannot hear" or "all you hear is an intermittent clicking noise".
It's not as bad as the Ludovico treatment*, but probably best to turn the thing off when people are around unless they're deaf in one ear and can't hear out the other.
Jim

* from "A Clockwork Orange"

On Friday, November 4, 2016 at 9:36:19 AM UTC-4, Dave Nadler wrote:
On Friday, November 4, 2016 at 6:38:35 AM UTC-4, AS wrote:
The birds (pigeons) in our hangar died suddenly from high velocity lead poisoning.

Oddly, the roof started leaking just afterwards...

Using wrong ammo. I used .22 scattershot to rid a hangar of pigeons quite effectively some years back.

Anyone that thinks shooting any type of projectile in a hanger is a good idea, clearly has not thought that through and through, so to speak. Projectiles ricochet, miss targets, poke holes or put dents in things you would rather not.

I have used the electronic counter measures with only limited success. The Plastic Owls did not help at all.


On Sunday, November 6, 2016 at 11:43:07 AM UTC-8, gotovkotzepkoi wrote:
A 20 gauge shotgun would work quite nicely.




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