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 ...

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 ...