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Article in the Wall Street Journal

Jun 22nd, 2010 by Elizabeth

The Wall Street Journal has an article about a robotic eagle that is used to scare off birds at airports.  One person interviewed for the article states that the birds will figure out it’s fake within hours.  I’m not impressed by the fake owls that people put up to scare pigeons away from buildings.  But those are stationary.  These airport birds must be incredibly smart to figure out that the robotic eagle is fake.  Perhaps they’re right, but I promise you that a robotic eagle would scare Conner to death!

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2 Responses to “Article in the Wall Street Journal”

  1. Cindy from Sinclair says:
    June 24, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    It’s very funny to see the fake owls that people put on their docks in hopes that it will keep the geese off the dock. These owls often are sitting in a circle of goose poop. Some have poop on their heads…

    Birds are pretty smart…

    I wonder if anyone has every tried to take back the owl to Wal-Mart to claim it doesn’t serve its function?

  2. Elizabeth says:
    June 24, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    That’s really funny. There are even fake owls at my favorite birding place – Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management. The birds never sit on top of the owls, but they frequently sit next to them.