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Old 10-31-2024, 09:35 AM
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We have been in the villages for 3 years. We had to replace our large lawn a year ago because sandhill cranes invading and pulled our lawn apart. Now they are back and seem to come very early morning, tearing up our lawn again. Have place fake owls our there, doesn't help. We know they are protected. Welcome any suggestions that work. See all sorts of stuff on Amazon but don't want to waste time and money. HELP
Those fake owls (if you're talking about the ones that just sit there and look grim) don't work. I know: I have a pretty extensive patio garden and for the first year or two keeping the critters (rabbits, squirrels, various birds) away was an ongoing battle. When I ended up doing was getting a kinetic owl, mounted on a stake near the patio. "Kinetic" because the wings move whenever there's a breeze. Pest problem down to almost zero.

It doesn't have to be an owl, by the way. It can be any one of several birds of prey. I saw a kinetic osprey that was pretty impressive.