Chaffinch Countermeasures?

[Son of a gun-ner]

No, you're just impatient with the submit button
Just get a couple of cats, I hear they're good company for you old folk

[General Jumbo01]

Most cats just play chase with birds. My pair love their blackbird playmates and vica versa.

[midlife306]

Nothing an air rifle wouldn’t sort
And much cheaper to buy than hiring a crane...


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[Son of a gun-ner]

Nothing an air rifle wouldn’t sort

Or crossbow, or would that be overkill

[General Jumbo01]

Both could crack the glass. No, you don't want armour piercing for a Chaffinch, high explosive should shoo it away with a lasting headache it wont forget in a hurry. Then again, you could consider a low flying B2 with smart weapons - plenty in the UK just now.

[43rdRecceReg]

[quote="midlife306"]Nothing an air rifle wouldn’t sort
And much cheaper to buy than hiring a crane...




Reply:
Hmmm...I have a Walther air rifle with telescopic sight (and in Scotland, you need a type of firearm certificate for one That cost me deep in the sporran ).
Thing is, it would easily penetrate the bird, and the glass...so, that's not the solution I want. tempting though GJ's crane notion is, I wonder if there's some sort of hormone that smells of hot chaffinch? I could then smear it on the nearest woodpecker hole, or Pine Marten lair....

[43rdRecceReg]

Both could crack the glass. No, you don't want armour piercing for a Chaffinch, high explosive should shoo it away with a lasting headache it wont forget in a hurry. Then again, you could consider a low flying B2 with smart weapons - plenty in the UK just now.

I have a small drone (with HD camera). If it could be left on auto-hover above the car, the wayward winged thing might be discouraged.
I used to have a joke shop-type parrot whose head would turn, and wings would flap when triggered. It wouldn't take a great deal of skill to RC such a parrot=sentry

[43rdRecceReg]

I looked for RC options in terms of bird-scarers (but not bird traumatisers). This airborne device might well fit the bill (or beak), it also looks as if a wee camera could be mounted on it too, to catch the terror

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[silversurfer1947]

I think there are probably laws against shooting chaffinches. You can get covers for cars. If you covered the windows then there would be no reflections.

[Son of a gun-ner]

I think there are probably laws against shooting chaffinches. You can get covers for cars. If you covered the windows then there would be no reflections.

Or get the car re-sprayed with a matt finish, job done