Dalen Large Rotating Head Fake Owl Decoy to Scare Birds Away - 18” Tall - Garden Scarecrow Owl with 360º Rotating Head

This owl worked great! I had a major bird problem in my yard due to the berry tree in my drive way, and let’s just say the mess they were making on a daily bases made it look like they had a personal vendetta against our cars. When I bought the owl I was hesitant based on the bad reviews I read but I pressed on and hoped that it would help deter at least some of the birds from my yard/driveway. Much to my surprise it worked almost instantly and better then expected, I have NO birds! Which means no berry mess or bird poop on my driveway or cars. I do suggest filling the owl with fish tank gravel or rocks because it is top heavy and will fall over. But when I filled it with left over fish tank gravel I had it did great, and it stayed upright through a pretty bad storm we had not to long ago. If your hesitant about this product don’t be it works. It’s a great none lethal alternative for a bird problem. One other tip I will give is that you should move the owl periodically to keep the other birds on their toes, lol. Because I did notice when I left it in one spot for too long I would see one or two brave birds try to reappear. But once I moved the bird to a new location they were gone.

I am very pleased so far with the Gardeneer Owl decoy. I have a small back yard with a covered patio with an outdoor table and chairs. Birds have been visiting my yard and landing on my chairs and table. They of course left their calling cards which created a disgusting mess that I was having to clean daily. I had no desire of hurting the birds, I just wanted for them to stop making the mess. The Owl looks menacing and has a bobble head with eyes that look back at you. The head is weighted to balance it onto the body which alows it to bobble and spin when affected by the wind. This seems to make the devoy quite realistic to birds. It is pretty light and wasn't sure if it would hold up to wind. There is a plug in the bottom to fill it with sand or something. I chose to use gravel used for concrete agrigate. I rinsed it clean and dried it. It went in easily and was heavy enough to stabilize it. The results is that birds now land on my perimeter privacy fence and that's as far as they dare. I have not had any bird droppings since I placed my new pet on the table. It works! As far as I can tell, its been 100% effective. The instructions say to move it around so birds will not get used to it in one spot. I plan to make a portable perch/stand to move my new watch owl every few days.

Owl will suffice for the purpose intended, but after I repair the damage done by Amazon's ineffectual packaging methods. This happens a lot, and they get lucky things don't get broken. Didn't happen this time. Manufacturer is not the issue here, their product is ok and now in service after being glued back together.

For the price, this is an excellent 'watch owl'. It is made of sturdy materials and the bottom plug pops out easily allowing the hollow inside to be filled with rocks or sand (I added about 2/4 lbs river rocks). This holds the owl in place during winds or inclement weather conditions. The paint and detail are really good. This is my second decoy owl (different brands) and I prefer this one from the more expensive version I purchased at a chain hardware and garden store. The head 'rotates', but not automatically. There are no gears or batteries or solar panels on this bird. His head 'snaps' onto a pivot bolt attached to the body. Kind of like a bobblehead, the head will move slightly up and down and turns 360 degrees as the breeze blows. The eyes are piercing and effective. While I love welcoming the great variety of birds that I come to my property, I purchased this due to an aggressive and territorial cardinal that would attack and poop on my car daily. I cover my mirrors every day so he started to attack his reflection in the windows. He's scratched my paint and windows, and I'd just had it with him. I tried other decoy methods found online (reflective mylar, scarecrow), nothing worked....until this item. He's been watching over for only a few days and already the cardinal has been absent since the moment "Owly" arrived. I move him every day to simulate a real owl, and so that the offensive bird doesn't get comfortable. I highly recommend this decoy, especially for the price.

I purchased this owl to help scare off the barn swallows that love to nest under the eves of my boat shed. It works okay at best, and really is not the best design if this is your intended use. The swallows become accustomed very quickly, and stop paying attention to it if you don't move it every day or two. In fact you have to clear their nests out first, because if you place it near an established nest, they don't pay any attention to it at all. It might be a little better for a garden situation where mounted on a pole (meaning the pole inserted into the hole in the base of the owl), which would make moving it around easier just by sticking the pole in the ground in different spots. Using it around the water, I can't just stick a pole in the ground; so I either have to strap it to a support beam, or fill the bottom of the owl with sand (so it doesn't blow over as easy) and set it on a flat surface. I have seen several folks bungee strap a decoy owl to the vertical poles around their docks, and just move it to a different pole every few days. Because this version has the swivel head, you can't really do that. There is not a good way to wrap a strap around this owl, and if it slips to the space where the head mounts, then the head pops off rather easily. This decoy is rather life-like, and the added head movement probably helps in the right circumstances. I just would not recommend this particular design unless you have a flat spot to sit it, or you can use a pole inserted into the base and stuck in the ground. (Keep in mind you will need the correct diameter pole to insert into the base of the decoy.) THANKS Thanks for reading my review.

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Overall the owl is very life like in apperance. The rotating head works best in slight breeze. High winds just push it down into body. I mounted my owl on 3/16 pole and looks great. So far it has kept the hawks and ravens at bay but doves and pigeons just ignore it. One trick I discovered with the owl head is to attach small magnet on bottom of head to make it spin better in higher winds. The weight of the magnet is key to keeping the owl looking straight ahead. There is a small metal clamp on the bottom of the owl head to place your magnet.

Although it had some effect in preventing pigeons, they come on top of it and sit on AC to drop their excreta. So I wouldn’t say you will get 100% effect.

I must say that my wife and I didn't believe this would work and be effective, but from many small birds crapping all over my machinery in an open shed to now having "nothing" is amazing. The idea of the head moving on this is an excellent idea. I moved the Owl around a couple times in the first few weeks. We don't even have the birds crapping under our house veranda anymore which is probably 50mt away from where we have the Owl. I normally never write reviews but this Owl is amazing which I sure recommend to anyone.

Very nicely detailed owl model that is sturdy and will stay watch over your items... It will also watch as the other animals come and go as city birds are apparently not afraid of this thing... neither are the squirrels, bunnies, or raccoons. YMMV if you're hoping this will keep away those things but otherwise a nice item. Can't really fault it for the bravery of the animals.