Fright Kite
The next time someone asks you how to deal with birds eating their crops, tell them to go fly a kite.
But not just any kite.
The Fright Kite from California’s Falcon Crop Protection Ltd. gives farmers a simple way to frighten off flying pests, at low cost, and without disturbing neighbours or harming the birds.
Loss of grapes or fruit due to bird damage can be devastating for vineyards and orchards, but effective protection measures like vine netting come with a high price tag.
The ingenious Fright Kite from Falcon Crop Protection is a cost effective way to keep birds from gobbling up your crop.
The company says test results in the field show more than 95 per cent of birds are repulsed by the falcon-shaped kite, and because there’s no ongoing cost the system is both simple and cost-effective.
The company says one Fright Kite can protect more than an acre of vineyards and last several seasons.
The Fright Kite is designed to look and move like a Peregrine Falcon. Suspended between poles the kite needs very little wind (2 miles per hour) to self-launch and move randomly like a predator, which makes the kite indistinguishable from a real falcon to other birds and continues to scare them away.
www.falconcropprotection.com
