"Bird Gard's" Digital Distress Calls Keep Birds Away

"Bird Gard's" Digital Distress Calls Keep Birds Away MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pest Animals 24-3-8 Most electronic bird repellers use loud blasts or high-pitched sounds to scare birds away. This new "Bird Gard" device uses distress calls from the birds themselves to scare off winged pests which are tempted to go where they're not wanted. Tested by several universities, the unit has been found to be very effective for bird control around farms, in and outside buildings. The programmable Bird Gard PRO broadcasts bird distress calls along with the call of a predator like a hawk. Each Bird Gard has eight different distress calls you can program yourself, and the time interval between them changes randomly on four different cycle patterns. The distress calls include recordings of starlings, robins, finches, ring-billed gulls, crows, grackles, blue jays and red-winged blackbirds. The predator call is a sharp shinned hawk. "The more you change the distress calls, the better the long term bird control," says Jim Burton of JWB Marketing. "It's also important to relocate the Bird Gard PRO once a week. This keeps the birds from getting used to it. " In orchards, firing a shotgun at the birds occasionally will teach them there's real danger associated with the distress calls. It is also beneficial to use the Bird Gard in combination with other scare devices such as propane cannons and scare tape. In cases where the unit is being used to deter birds from crops, Burton emphasizes it is important to install it before crop maturity and at the first sign of bird damage. "It's much easier to scare birds away before they sample the ripened fruit or whatever crop they're after. Don't expect instant results if birds are already feeding on your ripened crop," Burton says. The units are weather proof and come in two sizes, the Bird Gard PRO for fields up to 1.5 acres or dairy buildings up to 200 feet long, and the Bird Gard Super PRO which protects up to six acres and has four speakers. Photocells allow the unit to shut off at night and restart automatically at daylight, one of the peak bird feeding times. The system is powered by a 110AC or 12V auto battery (not included) and comes with a one-year, unconditional money back guarantee. The Bird Gard PRO sells for $150. Extension speakers with 100 feet of cable are available for $39.95. The Bird Gard Super PRO costs $499 and comes with either a four speaker box, or four extension speakers, each with 100 feet of cable. Orders of four or more units will receive a 10 per cent discount. The company also sells live bird traps like the Troyer V-Top Trap for controlling sparrows and other traps for pigeons. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Jim Burton, JWB Marketing LLC, 101 Hurlbut St., Westwood, N.J. 07675 (ph 800 555-9634 or 201 666-8334; fax 201 666-7581; E-mail: birdgard@ix.netcom.com; Website: www.birdgard.com)

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