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Robert Haston
 
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Default Building a roost to keep birds off boat.

Great! I love the birds, I just don't like their poop on my boat.

Here's an idea: Instead of having to make sure the poop misses my dock, I
put a fiberglass tray under the roost with a drain. The drain hose runs
down the mast, and up onto my lawn. Instead of store bought lawn fertilizer
going into the canal, I'll be reducing the nitrogen load. Cleaner boat,
nest habitat, greener lawn, clearer canal.

"dazed and confuzed" wrote in message
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Robert Haston wrote:
It always astounded me how much effort we spend trying to keep birds off

our
boats, but I have never seen someone build a roost so they had somewhere
else to sit.

I figure an old mast and spreader would be ideal. I could build a

literal
"crow's nest" on top for Ospreys to nest in.

Any experience?

You'll just get more birds

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