Every year, homeowners are plagued by pest birds that want to live and eat outside of their yards. Birds like sparrows and crows love to eat the seeds from your newly planted garden, while geese love to devour your lawn. If you have fruit trees, they are certainly not safe from bird pests either. So how does a homeowner save birds?

There is an easy way to scare birds. Use realistic predator decoys in your garden to scare away birds. Birds have a built-in aversion to certain threatening silhouettes, such as the red-tailed hawk and coyotes. Using lures can be very easy and inexpensive, saving you money on lost crops, grass, and fruit.

hawk decoys

Hawk decoys are best used to scare away birds from your garden and fruit trees. You can hang the hawk decoys on the trees, life like hawk will scare other birds. Small birds will perceive the hawk lure as a threat and will simply look elsewhere for food.

Attach hawk decoys to garden stakes to protect your garden from pest birds. The falcon will watch over your garden scaring away birds with its presence. Every day or so, move the hawk decoy to a different area of ​​the garden so the other birds don’t get used to being in one place.

To protect your entire patio or pool area, a hawk decoy can be installed on your patio deck or roof edge. Make sure the hawk is seen by the other pest birds, they will think the hawk decoy is waiting for dinner to arrive.

coyote decoys

Coyote decoys are used to deter geese from green areas such as parks, golf courses, greenbelts, and gardens. Coyote decoys are easily assembled and stick directly to the lawn. It is best to get several coyote decoys and place them in a “pack” formation. This way, animals like ducks and deer will think the coyotes are hunting for food and will flee the area. Most coyote decoys are made from a plastic material and stainless steel rods so you don’t have to worry about removing them when watering your lawn.

Predator lures are an easy and inexpensive way to keep birds out of your yard. As with any type of bird control product, it is best to install decoys before the birds have made their home. Once birds nest in an area, it is much more difficult to get rid of them.