Coyote Decoy, 3-D

Great for keeping those pesky geese away. This realistic, life-sized coyote decoy offers a safe, humane and efficient solution to geese problems at golf courses, city parks, corporate grounds, homes and more. This decoy has a realistic furry tail that moves in the breeze and the 3-D feature allows for 360° coverage.   Coyote will actually change direction in a breeze.

Many airports around the world have problems with birds being sucked into the intake of the jet engine scausing potential serious damage to the engine. (Remember the forced landing in the Hudson River on January 15th, 2009).  Several test programs are being used to study the effectivness of these coyote decoys to keep the birds away from the runways.  So far the decoys appear to be working well with Canada Geese but not with Seagulls or Ducks.  At TJB-INC, we have had great sucess with backyard ponds & corporate grass areas with preventing the Canada Geese from foraging on the grass and leaving those nasty piles of poo behind.  They will stay in the water but will fly away to feed.  Since the geese tend to leave their poo droppings in the same grassy areas they feed on, keep them off your lawn will reduce the poo droppings on your property!  Pity the poor property owner who does not have a decoy and gets a hungry flock of Canada Geese.  They will have a large mess left behind.

 Background on Geese

The scientific name for Canada Geese is Branta canadensis. The birds often migrate in the fall, but isolated populations may reside year round. Nesting begins in March and April, in the riparian zone near a waterbody.

One goose can consume up to four pounds of grass per day, producing about three pounds of fecal matter per day. This can contribute to excessive amounts of nutrient loading because their feces contain 76% carbon, 4.4% nitrogen, and 1.3% phosphorus. These nutrients can cause harmful algal blooms in lakes from runoff. To make matters worse Cryptosporidium parvum, a protozoan linked to the feces of animals has caused over 400,000 sicknesses and a recorded six deaths (Worsnop, 1994).

Information Provided by Marc Skehan and Therese Thompson, PhD

Mount Ida College, Newton, MA

 NOTE: We have noticed that the decoy only works well on adolescent & adult Canada Geese.  The young chicks have not been exposed to most predators so they do not know to be afraid.  If they are separated from their adult guardians, they will approch the Coyote Decoys without any fear (just like a young puppy).  AP photographer Mary Schwalm captured a great photo of one of our decoys and a nearby baby Canada Goose chick that has no fear. Mom on the other hand, was squaking from a far distance away to try to get the chick to turn around and get away!