Bird B Gone Plastic Hawk Decoy to Scare Birds Away, Bird Deterrent Devices Outdoor, 16 Inch Fake Hawk Statue, Natural Bird Scarecrow for Garden

I’m in real estate…. I use this to keep the pigeons off of condo balconies. Don’t mount it to rail….. Hank it so it moves and rotates slightly. The movement makes it work…..keeps the pigeons away for a long distance….

We had birds nesting under an overhang dropping their poo on our bbq grill, our patio and the dog's kennel including the dog's food n water bowls. They were dive bombing our vehicles AND the birds were entering our garage when the big door was up or the small door was open thereby becoming trapped hence succumbing to their death after head butting the glass window too many times in their efforts to escape.I bought a couple of these owls, a couple of the hawks as well as several snake replicas including a very realistic cottonmouth and rattlesnake. Together these have done the trick!The owls and hawks are hanging by durable fishing wire in several strategic places. They are hanging in the areas we want to deter birds and where a breeze can gently spin these replicas to add realism.As these bird replicas are all placed by different doors and different overhangs I know each of them are indeed responsible for their area being free of poo! The snakes are intertwined in chain link and the larger replica snakes are out front along the garage wall on each side of the large garage door, so are "guarding" different areas.The birds now stay away from our garage, patio and dog kennel. Since literally the week after I placed our replica critters I have not found *any* bird poo on our patio, our bbq grill nor in the dog's bowls. No more birds in our garage, either! Wow, such an easy quick fix!I happen to collect owl statues, simple statues did NOT work. It took these life-like replicas to deter the persistent birds. Be sure to hand these birds by fishing wire or other durable means as cotton twine quickly degraded allowing our high drive dogs to have a new play toy. Despite getting somewhat crushed and chewed, this life-like replica is still performing as intended.

We have a house in the AZ desert and we've pretty much not lived there for three years as we were in Florida. The house has been kept up professionally by landscapers and our pool kept up bya professional pool cleaning service. We had a neighbor take care of the inside. Came back a few months ago with a big surprise.While we were gone, pigeons decided to use our built in hot tub as a local watering hole. They perched on the back porch overhang and flew down and congregated around the hot tub (it's integrated with the pool so it's low to the ground). Pigeon poop everywhere. Not only was this causing a mess in our pool area but you could smell it. I would see three, four and even six pigeons at a time around the hot tub enjoying the water.So, what to do? Well, I bought this decoy thinking it might "help" to rid me of the pigeons. BUT, it has totally eradicated them from my back yard. They moved on to another house! Sorry about that my dear neighbor.I move the Hawk Decoy every day to another position around the tub. They don't even perch on the overhang anymore or on the fence. They just plain disappeared!Okay, so here is some basics about the Bird B Gone Hawk Decoy.First, it's made of plastic and it's hollow. You can fill it with sand or pebbles. If you don't it's so light it WOULD SURELY blow away in a good wind. I filled mine with pebbles. This holds it down quite nicely.The decoy had some scratch blemishes on the top but not bad enough to make it not appear realistic to the pigeons. It has a tab with a hole on the top for hanging. The hole is small so you could't fill it with too much rock or pebble and expect it to hold up well.It is cheaply made and made in China. My guess is that it will fade in a year or so. Especially out here in the hot and dry AZ desert.While this works on pigeons, there are some smaller birds that have flown around that are wary but not too scared. They stay away from the hot tub some aren't afraid to perch on the overhang. It's not a problem for me but just an observation.Okay, that's my review.

So for the past four years I had been climbing 24' up twice a year to patch holes in the side of our house wherebirds kept pecking away to build a nest in my attic. I decided to dig in and find a solution.I went online and found Bird B Gone. Though I have seen many boats on slips that have an owl, hawk or some other deterrent that sea gulls just ignore (and actually relieve themselves on the decoys) I decided this might be the trick.I mounted my BB Gone hawk about 20' up near the main area where the birds like to peck. After carefully getting down off the ladder, I came inside to get a glass of water and then a few minutes later I walked out to see my handywork.As I came around the back of the house, no more than a foot above the hawk, a tit-mouse was busily pecking away! Though a stationary decoy such as Bird B Gone will NOT deter birds in any way, it makes a nice looking addition on the back of my house. I highly recommend it for those who may be looking for a cool looking ornament to mount on the side of your house. It provides plenty of chuckles for the birds, who must think I'm a nerd! It was worth the $10 I paid for it for chuckle value alone! :)