X-Mas Star light shower Help scare off Owls ??

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Anthony Neira
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Location: San Antonio /Texas
Martin Colony History: Started in 1992 From neighbors old 1950-60's colonies. Have 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 4 MPP Poles, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals ,& 2 S&K 11" WITH Troyer Porches ready for 2019 Season !

The other night I was awaken by a "Who..Who" of an Owl atop my pecan tree. I went out to try to find the "WhoER". but I couldn't locate him/her. I looked across the street to see the neighbors Christmas Light Shower still on in their front yard, going from Green to Red... That got me to thinking ( :shock: ) "What IF some PM Landlord were to set up their X-Mas Light show thingy BELOW a PM house/Gourd rack with the RED lights pointing up so as to NOT scare the PMs, but to be in the way of an Owl ??" :???:
P.S the Owl never did talked to me about buying Eye Glasses ! :wink: :roll: :grin:
PMCA Member, 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals + Tunnels, & 2 S&K Bo 11"s WITH Troyer Porches ! 4 MPPs, For 2019 Season !! :grin: Started in 1992 from Older '50-'60s Colonies.
Elijah Clark
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Location: Bend, TX
Martin Colony History: Put up the colony in 2015 and had a mean and nasty fight with the sparrows, yet one pair stayed and five fledged.

Hey Anthony,
If I'm correct it should act the same as a Nite Guard :grin: Better yet the lights move around causing the owl to avoid it more than a still light :)
"A good sparrow is a dead sparrow"
2015- 1 pair
2016- 12 pair
2017- 0 pair (predators). Back to square one.
Anthony Neira
Posts: 1319
Joined: Wed Jan 15, 2014 1:12 pm
Location: San Antonio /Texas
Martin Colony History: Started in 1992 From neighbors old 1950-60's colonies. Have 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 4 MPP Poles, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals ,& 2 S&K 11" WITH Troyer Porches ready for 2019 Season !

Right On ! Elijah, & with such a light under the pole, the PMs SHOULD not notice it ! Maybe a PM landlord out there with Owl problems can give it a try ! I've been VERY Lucky ! I've never had an Owl attack, I've seen them in the city, but mostly during winter !
PMCA Member, 8 Trio 6 Room Houses, 1 Heath Deluxe Gourd with Troyer Porch, 8 NatureLine Gourds with Troyer Porches, 5 Troyer Horizontals + Tunnels, & 2 S&K Bo 11"s WITH Troyer Porches ! 4 MPPs, For 2019 Season !! :grin: Started in 1992 from Older '50-'60s Colonies.
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