Anywho....
In order to avoid the Pterodactyl visits of last summer, we bought a decoy to foil the live ones from coming over to eat our fish and frogs. Apparently blue heron are loners, so the sight of one sitting at a pond is enough of a deterrent to those flying by to keep moving. BUT....you have to put this guy out after May (heron mating season) so you don't accidentally attract more herons to your yard. AND you have to keep moving him so they don't get used to your fake giant birdie.
That's totally gonna be a job for Joe: Pterodactyl staging and placement.
He's gonna love that.
But that job isn't going to be half as difficult as mine: convincing the cats that he isn't real and that they can go outside without getting eaten by a giant bird.
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Certainly is realistic. Hope he does his job well. The bird, I mean, and Joe too, for that matter.
He needs a motor that animates him. I certainly thought he was real though... okay, so you fooled me. LOL
Your fake Heron fooled me. Hope he earns his keep.:)
You fooled me! My first thought was ,OH NO! Of course I haven't had my full cup of coffee yet...
I thought it was real at first and I was thinking...Illinois? Really?
I thought it was real too...LOL
I saw it and thought, Oh she got her fake heron!
heh
YEEHAW, LOL! Does that monster scare away unwelcome neighbors, too?
Hope your fake heron works and keeps your frogs and fish safe! Maybe the concrete goose can keep him company too.
looked real to me. Hope it works
The birds that scare me the most are the limpkins, on account of they scream so loud.
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Vanilla--Yeah, those two are gonna be hilarious to watch. I think Joe should move him every morning before work--you know, around 6:10 a.m. :P
Diane--Oh, if it moved it would scare ME! I walked out one morning and a live one took off--nearly scared the bajeezes outta me!! Those are some BIG birdies!
Jean--YOU fell for it??! :) He does look real, doesn't he? Let's hope his friends fall for it too.
Melodie--Hee! Hee! I have this image of your face spying that in your blogroll! :P That made me giggle.
Liz--Yeah, Illinois! I have one that kept coming here last year and he was HUGE! You should have seen the wingspan. Yikes! I don't want him coming back.
Mary Ann--Oh, you guys are too funny!
Patty--Thank you, Patty. I knew it wouldn't fool everyone! Sheesh.
Rebecca--Gosh, I hope so. Like icky neighbors and stuff. :)
Beaded Tail--I'm gonna have to tape Mary Ellen's head back on so she can hang with this guy. Reminds me--we need a name for him. I just keep thinking of Pterry the Pterodactyl.
Ann--It did??! Gosh, you guys are too easy. Did you believe the ducklings too?
Daisy--Oh, we don't have those here, thank goodness! I wouldn't like all that screaming. That would scare Hobbes!
Ha! I knew straight away that one isn't real ;-)
It looks good though!
My girlfriend put a fake owl on her deck to keep the squirrels away. The next morning she awoke to two squirrels sitting atop the head of her overturned owl... I hope your fake bird works better. LOL!
xo Catherine
Duni--Hooray! I'm glad I didn't fool you! ;) Good eyes, Duni!
Catherine--That is hilarious! I hope she got a photo of that. :)
There must be a union for pterodactyl movers. Let's hope he doesn't demand a raise.
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