{"id":24672,"date":"2026-02-10T10:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=24672"},"modified":"2026-02-10T10:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T10:02:10","slug":"tools-to-keep-birds-off-of-your-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/?p=24672","title":{"rendered":"Tools to Keep Birds Off of Your Boat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Tools to Keep Birds Off of Your Boat<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    <!-- no image --><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><\/p>\n<div>\n<section class=\"hydra-container\">\n<div class=\"hydra-canvas\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTG126-WAV-Birds-1024x768.jpg?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" class=\"hydra-image\" alt=\"Bird repellents for boaters\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTG126-WAV-Birds-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTG126-WAV-Birds-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTG126-WAV-Birds-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTG126-WAV-Birds-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BTG126-WAV-Birds.jpg 1691w\">                <\/div><figcaption class=\"caption margin_top_xs full border_1 hydra-figcaption\">\n                <span class=\"hydra-image-caption\">Repelling birds from your boat will help keep it clean.<\/span><br \/>\n                <span class=\"article_image_credit italic margin_right_xs\">Courtesy West Marine<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/section>\n<p><iframe id=\"wxuzj5efbz\" src=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.dragonforms.com\/wxuzj5efbz\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"width:100%;height:165px;border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Birds using your boat as a perch and relieving themselves on deck is a problem that\u2019s been around since the dawn of boating. Whether you keep your boat on a mooring ball, tie it off in a slip or lift it out of the water on an uncovered hoist, you run the risk of birds befouling the boat you spent hours cleaning after your last adventure. With that, people come up with all sorts of ways to keep the birds at bay, from hanging old compact discs to placing a fake coyote on the dock. Here are three bird repellents that we often see on the docks.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bird-B-Gone Bird Repeller 360<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The stop: <\/strong>Seagulls need a place to land onboard or they\u2019ll move onto the next boat, and this <a href=\"https:\/\/outclick.co\/l\/01kg0av14h739y8jay40z8vcss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">spinning system<\/a> mounts tiny sails on the ends of a 6-foot-diameter metal rod to catch the breeze. It comes with many mounting options including a portable sandbag base if you don\u2019t want to hard-mount it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The flop:<\/strong> When the wind dies down and the repeller is not spinning, seagulls can land. Although Bird B Gone offers a solar-powered version ($87.99).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price:<\/strong> $56.99; <a href=\"https:\/\/outclick.co\/l\/01kg0av14h739y8jay40z8vcss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">westmarine.com<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bird-B-Gone Bird Repellent Flash Tape<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The stop:<\/strong> Now that CDs have ceded to streaming services, it\u2019s hard to find shiny things, but this <a href=\"https:\/\/outclick.co\/l\/01kg0aw1r4mkt5p80brzp4q8ga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">inexpensive tape<\/a> is easy to install on towers, hardtops and rails to create a shiny distraction for the birds so they don\u2019t want to land, especially when the tape flops in the wind. The iridescent red foil catches the sunlight to create a prismatic effect that the sea birds seem to dislike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The flop:<\/strong> When the sun isn\u2019t shining and the wind is down, it doesn\u2019t do much to distract the birds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price: <\/strong>$5.99; <a href=\"https:\/\/outclick.co\/l\/01kg0aw1r4mkt5p80brzp4q8ga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">westmarine.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Next:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/gear\/three-top-handheld-lights-for-boaters\/\">Three Top Handheld Lights for Boaters<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dalen Ship\u2019s Owl Scarecrow<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The stop: <\/strong>Probably the oldest trick in the book\u2014mount or stand a lifelike predator on deck to ward off birds who might be eaten by said predator. There are hawks and\u00a0other birds of prey, but this 16-inch-tall <a href=\"https:\/\/outclick.co\/l\/01kg0ay1p2hhmwtcfs8ydqywb4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">owl<\/a> looks realistic enough to catch a gull\u2019s attention and its base can be filled with sand to keep it stable on deck. It can also be mounted on a pole.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The flop:<\/strong> Some seagulls just don\u2019t care. I\u2019ve seen birds standing on the heads of fake owls in mooring fields.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price:<\/strong> $29.99; <a href=\"https:\/\/outclick.co\/l\/01kg0ay1p2hhmwtcfs8ydqywb4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">westmarine.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/gear\/tools-to-keep-birds-off-of-your-boat\/\">Tools to Keep Birds Off of Your Boat<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/\">Boating Mag<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><br \/>\n    Pete McDonald<br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n<BR><\/BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/boatingmag.com\/gear\/tools-to-keep-birds-off-of-your-boat\/\">Go to boatingmag<\/a><br \/>\n \t<BR><br \/>\n <BR><\/BR><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tools to Keep Birds Off of Your Boat Repelling birds from your boat will help keep it clean. Courtesy West Marine Birds using your boat as a perch and relieving themselves on deck is a problem that\u2019s been around since the dawn of boating. Whether you keep your boat on a mooring ball, tie it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[126,2801,404,7947],"tags":[127],"class_list":["post-24672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boatingmag","category-comparisons","category-gear","category-march-2026","tag-boatingmag"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24672"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24672\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krogragg.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}