motion-detecting owl?

You are on the right track. This kind of owl should work, HOWEVER, they will still have to be moved frequently to different locations. Birds will adapt to the owl if left in the same place.

Good luck

Ron C. ==========================

I have a great horned owl, a pair of some sort of big brown owl, barn owls, and several small brown owls living at my place or in the immediate neighbourhood. They don't seem to deter birds, gophers, or rabbits one bit, despite that they eat plenty of 'em (one of my trees always has a pile of "owl barf" under it, full of rodent skulls). They DO eat the barn cats faster than I can grow 'em :(

~REZ~