We never used scarecrows, dad put fake preadtor birds on poles, and house, barn and shed roofs, fake owls, hawks and such to keep birds away. I admit some were not scared or figured out they were fake. Maybe when I go camping next I should take a fake dog with me to scare away big foot, bears, beavers and such.
Do Scarecrows Actually Work? "Scarecrows don’t always scare crows—but there are ways to make them work." "Every Halloween, scarecrows become standard lawn decor. Trick-or-treaters might find them frightening, but what about the birds that these effigies are supposed to repel?" "Apparently, some avians dislike them more than others. A series of tests conducted in 1980 found that small ponds near where a scarecrow was planted saw a 95 percent drop in visits by local ducks. On the other hand, certain species don’t seem to notice them. During the 1930s, wildlife scientist K.R. Lagler sent one scarecrow adrift on a floating buoy at a West Virginia fish hatchery. While most birds steered clear of the thing, he noted that it failed to deter kingfishers."...... ......"Future farmers may have plenty of high-tech options to choose from. A robotic alternative known as the “Agrilaser” randomly deploys sweeping laser beams to keep birds away. “The system is noiseless,” Arnold Bosgoed, a farmer had tested it out, told The Daily Mail in 2014, “and the birds do not seem to get used to the laser beam. The installation was easy and requires no maintenance.” Another contraption—the solar-powered “digital scarecrow”—detects nearby animals with an infrared eye that surveys 178,000 square feet. When a critter gets too close, it’s warded off with a harmless supersonic wave." READ MORE
My grandson was trying out his scarecrow Halloween costume tonight. I asked him to pose like he was hanging from a stake.