Fiona the wild rescued Chihuahua sent away the ducks but they kept coming back. They
were sneaking in at night for moonlight swimming in our lap pool.
Finally, after many
silly ideas such as a scarecrow which didn’t work and looked ugly, and a small
toy crocodile in the shallow end that also didn’t work, because California
ducks have never seen crocodiles, thus have no reason to fear them, we came up
with a creative solution. We found a metal sculpture of a menacing peacock. Once
painted—it looks realistic and bam—no more ducks.
A peacock? Never would've guessed. Glad something worked. That does sound disgusting.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have thought of that.
ReplyDeleteI would not have thought of that in a million years. What a fabulous idea. My idea would have been a rolling cover to keep them out at night. Not so pretty but it might have worked.
ReplyDeleteLike your idea better.
Why are they afraid of peacock ? so very strange.
cheers, parsnip, thehamish and fergus.
I've seen where people/businesses use plastic swans in their ponds, but I've yet to see if that really works. Glad you came up with this idea. I like the metal statue for its beauty alone.
ReplyDeleteA peacock? How cute!
ReplyDeleteLike Gayle, I would have gone with a rolling cover. Ducks do tend to be, uh, messy.