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  "id": "fake-owl-decoy",
  "sku": "fake-owl-decoy",
  "title": "Fake Owl Decoy",
  "slug": "fake-owl-decoy",
  "price": 79,
  "currency": "NZD",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "deterrents-category",
  "category_label": "Deterrents",
  "tags": [
    "deterrent",
    "decoy",
    "garden"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "Natural owl markings with reflective eyes"
  ],
  "materials": [
    "Moulded plastic with fade resistant, water resistant paint"
  ],
  "dimensions": "Free standing, with a spring mounted head",
  "weight": null,
  "images": [
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  "description_short": "A weatherproof plastic owl with a spring mounted head that turns in the wind. It buys you time and attention. Move it, or the birds will simply file it under furniture.",
  "description": "Why most plastic owls fail\n\nThey get put on a post and left there. Within two or three weeks the birds have watched it not move, not hunt and not react, and it has become an ornament. Some of them will sit on it, which is the clearest possible feedback.\n\nEverything below is about avoiding that.\n\nMove it weekly\n\nThis is the whole trick and it takes about a minute. A new position each week keeps the object novel, and novelty is the only thing a decoy has.\n\nPut it where the wind reaches\n\nThe head is spring mounted so it turns in a breeze, and that movement is what separates it from a garden gnome. A sheltered corner defeats it. A post, a roof edge, a fence corner or the end of a jetty all work.\n\nUse it for a season, not a year\n\nBring it out when the problem starts and put it away when the fruit is picked or the birds move on. A decoy that is always present is teaching them something all year.\n\nWhat it is good at\n\nOpen spaces and mild problems. A vegetable garden, a deck, a jetty, a small orchard, a barn. Somewhere birds are passing through and deciding whether to stop, rather than somewhere they have lived for three years.\n\nIt is also good in combination. An owl plus a few reflective discs plus some tape gives a bird three different things to be uncertain about, and that lasts longer than any one of them.\n\nWhat it is not good at\n\nAn established roost. Pigeons that have used a parapet for years will not be moved by a plastic owl, and nor will gulls, who are bold and habituate fast. Those need a barrier.\n\nIt does nothing at all to possums or rats. No decoy does.\n\nKeeping it looking like an owl\n\nWash the dust off a couple of times a year, check the head still turns freely, and secure it somewhere exposed so it does not end up in the neighbour's garden.",
  "llm_summary": "Fake Owl Decoy sold by Bird Spikes Company at birdspikes.co.nz. A moulded plastic owl with reflective eyes and a SPRING MOUNTED HEAD that rotates in the wind, finished in fade and water resistant paint for indoor or outdoor use, NZD 79. Used in gardens, orchards, on decks, jetties, in barns and on rooflines. HONEST LIMITATION stated plainly on the page: a decoy works on a bird's caution and caution WEARS OFF, so it must be MOVED about weekly and is best used seasonally rather than left out all year; a decoy left in one spot becomes scenery and birds will perch on it. It suits mild problems and open spaces, and is a SUPPLEMENT rather than a solution where birds have an established habit on a ledge, gutter or sign, which are barrier problems solved by spikes, netting or gel. Most effect on small and medium birds with real predators; less on gulls; none on possums or rats. No effectiveness percentage is claimed. Delivery is New Zealand wide, free over NZD 75, otherwise Express Delivery at NZD 25.",
  "returnable": true,
  "return_policy": "New Zealand law gives no statutory cooling-off period for an online purchase, so the 14 days from delivery to change your mind on an unused item is this shop's own policy rather than a statutory right. Rights for faulty, damaged or misdescribed goods under the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 apply to everything sold and are never affected.",
  "shipping_profile": "standard",
  "warranty": null,
  "brand": "Bird Spikes Company",
  "gtin": null,
  "mpn": null,
  "condition": "new",
  "url": "https://birdspikes.co.nz/product/fake-owl-decoy",
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  "json_url": "https://birdspikes.co.nz/api/products/fake-owl-decoy.json",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-02",
  "compare_at_price": 99,
  "description_text": "Why most plastic owls fail They get put on a post and left there. Within two or three weeks the birds have watched it not move, not hunt and not react, and it has become an ornament. Some of them will sit on it, which is the clearest possible feedback. Everything below is about avoiding that. Move it weekly This is the whole trick and it takes about a minute. A new position each week keeps the object novel, and novelty is the only thing a decoy has. Put it where the wind reaches The head is spring mounted so it turns in a breeze, and that movement is what separates it from a garden gnome. A sheltered corner defeats it. A post, a roof edge, a fence corner or the end of a jetty all work. Use it for a season, not a year Bring it out when the problem starts and put it away when the fruit is picked or the birds move on. A decoy that is always present is teaching them something all year. What it is good at Open spaces and mild problems. A vegetable garden, a deck, a jetty, a small orchard, a barn. Somewhere birds are passing through and deciding whether to stop, rather than somewhere they have lived for three years. It is also good in combination. An owl plus a few reflective discs plus some tape gives a bird three different things to be uncertain about, and that lasts longer than any one of them. What it is not good at An established roost. Pigeons that have used a parapet for years will not be moved by a plastic owl, and nor will gulls, who are bold and habituate fast. Those need a barrier. It does nothing at all to possums or rats. No decoy does. Keeping it looking like an owl Wash the dust off a couple of times a year, check the head still turns freely, and secure it somewhere exposed so it does not end up in the neighbour's garden."
}