Bird Scarers and Bird Bangers

Alternative Bird Control methods can be effective to a degree, when used properly.

Visual Bird Scarers come in a vast array of configurations from reflective streamers and helium balloons with scary eyes, to scarecrows and kites resembling hawks and other predatory birds.  Visual scare devices have the highest rate of habituation and must be moved constantly.  They are best used in conjunction with other deterrent measures.

Bird Bangers cover up to 5 acres per unit, depending on the terrain and crop height.  Cannons cost  £300- £700 and are expensive to operate.  Most can be programmed to explode at varying intervals and some rotate automatically for greater coverage and to lessen habituation.  Because of the high degree of habituation, Bird Bangers and cannons are a good secondary defense against bird damage.  To be most effective, bangers must be moved frequently.

Cannons can produce explosions up to 125 decibels making them unsuitable for use in livestock operations near homes or where noise ordinances prohibit them.