Hello,
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Do you have any suggestions for keeping crows away from our outdoor patio's garbage cans?  I've tried two chemical repellants (BYE-BYE Birdie and one other I can't remember the name of) and found neither worked.  I'm not sure whether the failure was in the application (it seemed they were both geared toward a site where the product could be widely broadcast) or that the crows are especially draw to our trash - and are determined to get there before the racoons...  I was thinking of trying a product called Hot Pepper Wax which seemed to indicate it was environmentally safe, but the label did not specify crows.  I don't want to invest in a mechanical device like Jerry Baker's hanging magnetic field barrier or whatever works' ultrasonic bird chaser because of the cost and the uncertainty of the crows learning to master those devices.
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Awaiting you reply,
Leif Berg
Maintenance Supervisor
SPI Lighting Inc.
10400 N Enterprise Drive
Mequon, WI 53092
414-242-1420 ext. 3076
414-242-1879 fax
 

Response:

Dear Leif - I know an inexpensive trick that works for seagulls, it may work to prevent ceows.  Put up a "canopy" of fish line or clothesline above the cans in a random pattern. Birds do not like string or lines to touch their legs or wings.  Let me know how it works, you need my book on cd-rom.   Steve.