Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. You've probably seen a plastic owl standing guard over a ...

With this fake and intimidating owl, birds are prone to stay away in fear of quickly becoming prey. But, there is a problem you may experience with this method. "They work for awhile, until I ...

Other methods to keep birds off the porch include decoys and predators. Have you ever seen those fake plastic owls? Those ...

In fact, fake owls are often used to deter birds and rodents from properties ... other experts suggest scare tactics, such as hanging old CDs or using moving objects like wind socks or streamers.

Ideally, they should be picked when perfectly ripe, but an ideal world does not include pesky birds eating all your fruit. Some people use plastic owls to scare away birds, but the birds quickly ...

Another man suggested: "Air rifle, or get an owl or eagle garden ornament - they keep all birds away ... vicious cat to teach them to stay away. Fake birds were also a popular suggestion.

My wife and I believe it was a fairly young bird that couldn't discern the owl was fake and it was attempting to get the owl to leave. 'In the world of birds, owls and hawks are enemies.

For centuries, researchers have thought that butterflies with eye-like patterns on their wings mimic the menacing gaze of predators in order to scare ... birds using images of the face of a pygmy ...