Comments on: 3D coyote replica "rids an area of disease-carrying Canada geese" http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:24:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: millrick http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065728 millrick Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065728 exciting photo montage of the "coyote" in action.... http://www.birdstoppers.com/site/439038/page/918718 exciting photo montage of the “coyote” in action….
http://www.birdstoppers.com/site/439038/page/918718

]]> By: Taniwha http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065730 Taniwha Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065730 Only works on the disease carry geese - doesn't say anything about the healthy ones Only works on the disease carry geese – doesn’t say anything about the healthy ones

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065733 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065733 Actually, KING5 news in Seattle recently did a story on SeaTac Airport using this guy attached to an RC boat to chase the geese out of a pond close to the airport. Apparently, by the looks of the video they showed, it works wonders. See: http://www.king5.com/home/Coyote-boat-to-scare-birds--Its-no-joke-and-makes-flying-safer-117701803.html Actually, KING5 news in Seattle recently did a story on SeaTac Airport using this guy attached to an RC boat to chase the geese out of a pond close to the airport. Apparently, by the looks of the video they showed, it works wonders.

See: http://www.king5.com/home/Coyote-boat-to-scare-birds–Its-no-joke-and-makes-flying-safer-117701803.html

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065734 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065734 "Hey, Bob, look at that coyote over there." "Yeah, what about him." "<I>No legs</I>, man, <I>no . . .legs</I>." "Oh, sweet Jebus, that's just unnatural. I'm out of here." "Wait up, it's my turn to be the point of the V!" “Hey, Bob, look at that coyote over there.”

“Yeah, what about him.”

“No legs, man, no . . .legs.”

“Oh, sweet Jebus, that’s just unnatural. I’m out of here.”

“Wait up, it’s my turn to be the point of the V!”

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065735 penguinchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065735 I'm guessing the folks at Progressive didn't like the geese because it reminded them of Aflac? I’m guessing the folks at Progressive didn’t like the geese because it reminded them of Aflac?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1066249 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1066249 String. Geese are not the most agile of creatures. You can fence them out with string. Putting stakes around a pond then tying string about 1 foot off the ground between them turns one ideal feeding and nesting ground into two useless areas for geese. Or just make a wall of coyotes. String. Geese are not the most agile of creatures. You can fence them out with string. Putting stakes around a pond then tying string about 1 foot off the ground between them turns one ideal feeding and nesting ground into two useless areas for geese.

Or just make a wall of coyotes.

]]> By: esobocinski http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065738 esobocinski Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065738 Doesn't work; story same as Beth's. Our building management at work got one of these last year, plus two "geese in agony" for the pond. The coyote got ignored completely. Geese and ducks both literally swam circles around the "dying" goose decoys, making them navigational touchstones for the pond. Watching a duck resting one day inside the "injury" of a goose decoy one day was special. Doesn’t work; story same as Beth’s. Our building management at work got one of these last year, plus two “geese in agony” for the pond. The coyote got ignored completely. Geese and ducks both literally swam circles around the “dying” goose decoys, making them navigational touchstones for the pond. Watching a duck resting one day inside the “injury” of a goose decoy one day was special.

]]> By: thisRobot http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065742 thisRobot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065742 a gaggle of terrified geese beholding the awesome power of the 3d-coyote replica: http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B001134KK6/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0 a gaggle of terrified geese beholding the awesome power of the 3d-coyote replica:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-media/product-gallery/B001134KK6/ref=cm_ciu_pdp_images_0?ie=UTF8&index=0

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065745 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065745 Believe me, it works! And works well. As long as the figure gets moved around every week or so the geese will stay away. A brave goose might land and see that the figure does not move. In that case someone or some thing has to react to scare the goose. Believe me, it works! And works well. As long as the figure gets moved around every week or so the geese will stay away. A brave goose might land and see that the figure does not move. In that case someone or some thing has to react to scare the goose.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065748 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065748 There's a park around here with ponds that got overrun with geese. They tried everything and eventually got a dog that was trained to chase after them whenever they tried to land. That's all he does all day. Seems to have worked so far. Geese are cool up in the sky but a cranky poo storm on the ground. There’s a park around here with ponds that got overrun with geese. They tried everything and eventually got a dog that was trained to chase after them whenever they tried to land. That’s all he does all day. Seems to have worked so far.

Geese are cool up in the sky but a cranky poo storm on the ground.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065749 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065749 I don't know about geese, but deer definitely are fooled by this kind of thing. As a kid, one year we put some deer made of logs in the front yard for christmas, and the deer left the roses alone. Since they were working so well, my parents never got rid of them until they fell apart. Since they are now gone, my parents put a large plastic statue of a buck in the front yard. At one point, they saw a buck staring at it, and later its head had fallen off because it was attacked. The point being that the theory is sound, even if it doesn't work on all creatures. I don’t know about geese, but deer definitely are fooled by this kind of thing. As a kid, one year we put some deer made of logs in the front yard for christmas, and the deer left the roses alone. Since they were working so well, my parents never got rid of them until they fell apart.
Since they are now gone, my parents put a large plastic statue of a buck in the front yard. At one point, they saw a buck staring at it, and later its head had fallen off because it was attacked. The point being that the theory is sound, even if it doesn’t work on all creatures.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1066262 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1066262 I too have a problem with geese. I've learned with anything horticultural to ask the neighbors, ask at the local farmer's coop, and then check out the university agricultural extension service. What I learned was that if you already have a problem with geese, the only remedy for that season is "active" -- real live humans or predator animals continuously harassing them. If the geese are already habituated to eating in a place, then they already feel comfortable there and are going to be very skeptical about any newly induced fake hazards to them. On the other hand, when geese are out of season but beginning to migrate into your zone, the passive controls are highly effective -- fencing between the watercourse and your desirable lawn, predator silhouettes, etc. Basically, if they are determined to feed on your lawn, it is hard to discourage them. But if they are making an initial choice between your lawn with the predator silhouette and the equally appealing lawn at the retirement home up the street, it becomes quite easy to sway their opinion. So in one sense I find this thread very amusing. We have plenty of commentary and photo evidence that these don't work, and also plenty of commentary that they do. There also exists clear independent documentation on the circumstances in which they will work and how to use them properly in those situations. So it is pretty easy to see that everyone is right. I too have a problem with geese.
I’ve learned with anything horticultural to ask the neighbors, ask at the local farmer’s coop, and then check out the university agricultural extension service.
What I learned was that if you already have a problem with geese, the only remedy for that season is “active” — real live humans or predator animals continuously harassing them. If the geese are already habituated to eating in a place, then they already feel comfortable there and are going to be very skeptical about any newly induced fake hazards to them.

On the other hand, when geese are out of season but beginning to migrate into your zone, the passive controls are highly effective — fencing between the watercourse and your desirable lawn, predator silhouettes, etc.

Basically, if they are determined to feed on your lawn, it is hard to discourage them. But if they are making an initial choice between your lawn with the predator silhouette and the equally appealing lawn at the retirement home up the street, it becomes quite easy to sway their opinion.

So in one sense I find this thread very amusing. We have plenty of commentary and photo evidence that these don’t work, and also plenty of commentary that they do. There also exists clear independent documentation on the circumstances in which they will work and how to use them properly in those situations.
So it is pretty easy to see that everyone is right.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065755 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065755 Wow. Amazon offers at least <I>four</I> coyote decoys. Wow. Amazon offers at least four coyote decoys.

]]> By: ddrang http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065761 ddrang Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065761 We have REAL coyotes here in my Denver neighborhood. Got within 100 feet of three of them last night on my dog-walk. These real ones have all their legs and actually move without wind. But the geese are still everywhere in nearby Washington Park. We have REAL coyotes here in my Denver neighborhood. Got within 100 feet of three of them last night on my dog-walk.

These real ones have all their legs and actually move without wind. But the geese are still everywhere in nearby Washington Park.

]]> By: emmdeeaych http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065762 emmdeeaych Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065762 filthy Canadians filthy Canadians

]]> By: notatoad http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065768 notatoad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065768 i'm suddenly ashamed of my local coyotes. they don't look anywhere near that fierce. i’m suddenly ashamed of my local coyotes. they don’t look anywhere near that fierce.

]]> By: jdixon http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065770 jdixon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065770 Thanks for the Johnson Smith reference, which I was not familiar with; for me it smacked of the great George Leonard Herter-penned Herter's Catalog. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/books/review/Collins-t.html Thanks for the Johnson Smith reference, which I was not familiar with; for me it smacked of the great George Leonard Herter-penned Herter’s Catalog. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/books/review/Collins-t.html

]]> By: genre slur http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065771 genre slur Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065771 Thanks for the pastiche link. Did you notice the 'Goose Chase' product in the lower right corner? Bwahahahahaha! Can't get refund on that stuff, I'll bet. Thanks for the pastiche link. Did you notice the ‘Goose Chase’ product in the lower right corner? Bwahahahahaha! Can’t get refund on that stuff, I’ll bet.

]]> By: fnc http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065774 fnc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065774 If one doesn't work on roadrunners, why would we expect it to work on geese? If one doesn’t work on roadrunners, why would we expect it to work on geese?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065775 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065775 Wait... Somewhere there MUST be a "3D roadrunner decoy", isn't it? Wow: just think of the possibilities... No legs-coyote can't chase the no legs-roadrunner, so he sets up a trap involving a 3D balancing boulder decoy and a 3D lifesize canyon decoy... And then... Wait… Somewhere there MUST be a “3D roadrunner decoy”, isn’t it?

Wow: just think of the possibilities… No legs-coyote can’t chase the no legs-roadrunner, so he sets up a trap involving a 3D balancing boulder decoy and a 3D lifesize canyon decoy… And then…

]]> By: kevinsky http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1066288 kevinsky Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1066288 Last time I visited the States, a couple I was talking to seemed much more concerned about Yall's Geese. All I had to do was say I was Canadian, and they'd launch into a rant about Yall's Geese. I've never heard of Yall's Geese, but they sound like a pretty big problem! :) Last time I visited the States, a couple I was talking to seemed much more concerned about Yall’s Geese. All I had to do was say I was Canadian, and they’d launch into a rant about Yall’s Geese.

I’ve never heard of Yall’s Geese, but they sound like a pretty big problem! :)

]]> By: Boba Fett Diop http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065778 Boba Fett Diop Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065778 Yes, if only there was some sort of shot of appropriate size for birds. They could call it bird...shot... Yes, if only there was some sort of shot of appropriate size for birds. They could call it bird…shot…

]]> By: Trixi http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1066548 Trixi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1066548 It`s interesting to see the difference in how people view Canada Geese. In the city I'm in, which is a migratory route (in Canada) when geese and goslings walk across the road, people stop and wait for them to cross. It's actually pretty cute. It`s interesting to see the difference in how people view Canada Geese.

In the city I’m in, which is a migratory route (in Canada) when geese and goslings walk across the road, people stop and wait for them to cross. It’s actually pretty cute.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065784 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065784 Is it an ACME coyote decoy? Is it an ACME coyote decoy?

]]> By: nanner http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1066042 nanner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1066042 i dunno, a plastic owl took care of our pigeon problem. are geese smarter? i dunno, a plastic owl took care of our pigeon problem. are geese smarter?

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065787 Ipo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065787 Fauxote Bwahaha! Here's how they work: For a very short while they scare the geese, until those get desensitized. After that the real coyotes have a huge hunting advantage. Thus you get rid of the geese. Depending on the disease you may get rid of the coyotes too. Fauxote Bwahaha!
Here’s how they work:
For a very short while they scare the geese, until those get desensitized.
After that the real coyotes have a huge hunting advantage.
Thus you get rid of the geese.

Depending on the disease you may get rid of the coyotes too.

]]> By: Scatterfingers http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1086779 Scatterfingers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1086779 Where I come from they shit on our waterfront and make the grass die, and there are far too many of them to just ignore them. I kind of wish they had a predator. A winged predator. Perhaps some sort of eagle/wolf/iguana hybrid. Where I come from they shit on our waterfront and make the grass die, and there are far too many of them to just ignore them.

I kind of wish they had a predator. A winged predator. Perhaps some sort of eagle/wolf/iguana hybrid.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1066048 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1066048 Mount it on a Roomba cleaning robot and set it to work. Mount it on a Roomba cleaning robot and set it to work.

]]> By: Jack http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065799 Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065799 Reminds me of the plastic owls I see all over NYC. 100% don't work. Reminds me of the plastic owls I see all over NYC. 100% don’t work.

]]> By: Joe http://boingboing.net/2011/03/24/3d-coyote-replica-ri.html#comment-1065801 Joe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1065801 I would expect them to work for a short time until the geese figure it out. I would expect them to work for a short time until the geese figure it out.

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