[wxqc] my rain collector vs. the birds

[Steve Dimse]

On Sep 22, 2006, at 7:37 PM, jody radzik wrote:

> I have a Davis Vantage Pro2 that seemed to be missing a lot of the
> rain that was falling.  I just got back off the roof where I found
> that birds had crapped in the collector, blocking the outlet hole.
> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can prevent this from
> happening in the future.  In other words, how do I keep the birds off
> the collector?
>
Surprisingly effective is to string monofilament above the gauge.  
Birds can't see it, they bang into it and quickly learn to avoid the  
area. A fake hawk is also quite effective...

Steve