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morenewsat11 t1_iy5pa4m wrote

>However, after last season's trial, Mr Licciardello noticed the birds seemed to learn the laser pattern after 10 days.
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>"I'd scramble it and change it, and [the birds] would have to sit back and learn it again," he said.
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>"You've gotta be really on top of it and adjust your program to suit."

Birds can outsmart the system in 10 days ... smart birdies

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jagdpanzer45 t1_iy5r52k wrote

Which means you need an automated device to change the pattern every ten days.

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butcher99 t1_iy6vweq wrote

copy paste from my reply.

we winter in Mexico. Across the street from us was a grackle nesting tree. Just at dusk hundreds of noisy grackles would come in. Long tailed for the bird watchers in the group. They were so noisy we could not talk when we were outside. Well we could be no one could lhear you. They sell super load fire crackers here. Tried that and they would fly off but return shortly. Someone said to get a laser pointer and just hit them with that. Bought one. Paid about 50 pesos for it. With a battery in it. I hit them with it and they would fly off. Kept hitting them until the tree was empty. Next night about half as many birds. It took about 4 or 5 days and we had no more grackles. And they did not come back. 6 mpnths later still no grackles.

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redditaccount71987 t1_iyannrl wrote

Oh good this is better. I was thing he was builder laser weapons which do exist.

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Luckywithtime t1_iy6b71k wrote

Pretty sure there's a farmer in the Lockyer Valley in Queensland that does the same for their vege crops. The field near their house has a shed with the laser mounted on it. Fun part is they leave it on at night and the shed is right next to the road. It doesn't shine onto the road, but it is clearly visible and with shifting patterns and the movement on the vehicle it is pretty trippy. I'm not going to lie the first time I saw it there was a full five seconds where the most logical thing I could think of to explain it was that my skeptical self was having an alien encounter. Actually it was closer to ten seconds.

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Sad-Interaction-8643 t1_iy7hwth wrote

Sure, they may keep out those birds, but let’s see how well they keep out emus

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standardtrickyness1 t1_iy65v22 wrote

Don't try anything this glass is laser proof.
Hyaahh

Fire lasers

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butcher99 t1_iy6vs3a wrote

we winter in Mexico. Across the street from us was a grackle nesting tree. Just at dusk hundreds of noisy grackles would come in. Long tailed for the bird watchers in the group. They were so noisy we could not talk when we were outside. Well we could be no one could lhear you. They sell super load fire crackers here. Tried that and they would fly off but return shortly. Someone said to get a laser pointer and just hit them with that. Bought one. Paid about 50 pesos for it. With a battery in it. I hit them with it and they would fly off. Kept hitting them until the tree was empty. Next night about half as many birds. It took about 4 or 5 days and we had no more grackles. And they did not come back.

don't know what it was but they sure hate that beam of light.

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