Coyote replica a success in Arkansas

A recent article in central Arkansas’ Jacksonville Patriot talked about the effectiveness of a replica coyote in scaring geese.

Maumelle residents who think they’ve seen a coyote around town aren’t seeing things. Actually what they’re seeing is a fake coyote.

Philip Raborn, director of Maumelle Parks and Recreation, said the department purchased two fake coyotes that they are moving around the city’s two lakes in an effort to keep the Canadian geese off the pathways around town.

The migratory birds have become a problem leaving droppings all over the lake area and even harassing visitors, he said.

This is the city’s first year using replica coyotes for geese control. Last year, the city destroyed goose eggs with special permission from the federal government. This is a common mistake people make when fighting birds; killing the parents and addling their eggs only eliminates the current crop. Unless you make the environment unpleasant for the birds, they’ll continue to be a problem.

And the replica coyotes in Maumelle have been a success.

…the geese appear to be staying in the lake and not getting out to relieve themselves and leave droppings all over the place.

Raborn said that’s the intended purpose (of the replica coyotes) - to keep the geese in the water. He said they won’t excrete in the water and obviously are going somewhere else to do so, but at least they’re not leaving their droppings on the two city lake’s walkways as they did before the coyotes were placed.

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3D Coyote and Irri-Tape keep ducks away from pool

A five-star product review from a happy customer.

I was skeptical at first because we’ve tried everything under the sun. We staked the 3D-Coyote in a lidded plastic, rock-filled container. The coyote was set on our deck by the pool. I randomly moved it around. We haven’t had ONE duck in our YARD but less in the pool. Sorry to say . . . they have since moved to our neighbor’s pool. We’ve tried everything for the past four seasons with no luck. The Irri-Tape is flapping around the pool’s edge and alas - no bird dropping either! Superb product. Worth every penny! Recommending to our neighborhood pool store manager.

By Carolyn W.

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3D Coyote gets rid of pesky pond birds

5/5 Star MSN Shopping Review

I live on a small pond and while I do like some birds, they tend to return to the same area, year after year, with more and more friends. Eventually it gets to the point where something has to be done. I definitely wouldn’t want to do anything to hurt the birds but I wanted something that worked so I got this decoy. I am really surprised by how well it works because I’ve used other, similar, things like plastic owls and rubber snakes which the birds seem totally unaffected by. I think the difference is that this has a tail that is furry and when the wind blows, it moves. That seems to really convince the birds that it’s real and they don’t want to make a home there. I’m so glad I got this before spring, when the birds would ordinarily nest here and the babies would get imprinted with the location. I’ve been told that these types of visuals work even better when combined with other approaches like sound machines or sprays that taste bad so I might look into those if I ever notice that the decoy’s effect on birds is waning but so far it is working great!

By ‘OrganicBirdLady’

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