X Kites BirdsofPrey Nylon Bird Kites for Kids and Rodent Repellent Deterent Bird Scarer Kite for Crops

We have an acre of blueberries and constantly battle the birds. We tried the tyvek variety of bird kite that looks good but hangs limp in the morning dew and doesn't last long without ripping, and the black nylon variety which lasted well and flew ok but didn't look real enough to scare the birds. This is the best of both worlds. We hung one off a 31' pole with a swivel mount at each end of the crop area. They flew beautifully in low and high wind and looked incredibly realistic even hovering in no wind. We watched the birds come close and shy away and even had real hawks come in to check them out. They lasted our 8 week season without damage and will be used again next year (or we may keep them out because they're so much fun to watch!). I highly recommend this product.

If you want an Eagle, you will get an Owl! I really wanted an "Eagle" so I called about 1st order and they re-orded for me. 2nd one arrived as Owl also... so I checked order number sticker on back, and you guessed it, it says Eagle!! With the current World situation, they are not taking calls any longer. I already tried leaving a message but haven't heard if they got it ? Regardless, it's a fun Kite and works well for me. Years ago I had a full sized Eagle kite and it was way too much to handle.

I am not using it as a kite! I'm using it to keep pesky birds out of my garden! It works better than a scarecrow. Very realistic looking and moves in the wind. Perfect! Haven't had any more issues with unwanted birds. I would imagine that it makes an awesome kite also.

I made this purchase about a month ago to use on a pole not as a kite. It is out all the time and seems to be doing well. I suggest dabbing a small dot of glue on the connectors as it will come apart depending upon the strength of the wind. I use it as yard decorations but think it would work nicely for a garden to keep critters from eating your plants. I also took the long strips off as they kept getting tangled on my poleCame in timely mannerEasy to assembleWould buy from this company again

I purchased the kite for my husband, he really loves kites and this one made him really happy. He has been anxiously awaiting a good kite flying day, he tried yesterday but I think it was still a bit to windy for flying. We received the kite very quickly and in excellent condition. I would recommend the seller and the kite to any other enthusiast I come in contact with.

I loved this kite the minute I saw the picture, so I'm writing this to help those who want to put in the effort. This isn't a basic kite you will have to put work into it.. You'll need to adjust the wing lines because they aren't perfectly balanced. Just wrap the bridle line loop around the wing frame to take up slack that is throwing the kite off balance. This means a lot of trial and error. Kids and frankly most adults don't have the patience but if you do, you will love it. I love the realism so I took off the kite tails

The kite comes with about 10 foot dual ribbons at the end of each wing. I wanted to use the bird in my vineyard. With the 10 foot ribbons they kept getting tangled in the grape vines, locking the kite down. When the kite flew, it flew great. I folded the ribbons in half making four 5 foot ribbons off each wing. The kite still flew just great and the ribbons no longer got stuck in the vines. Easy to assemble but I am a mechanical type of person. I put the pole at a bit of an angle and with a slightly shorter string, the kite never touches the ground or the vines when there is no wind at all. Made well, but has only been flying for a few days. I purchased a 'professional' hawk kite for $145 and both kites are on a par. I am now ordering other kites from other vendors and trying them out. The pictures here are of the kite with the ribbons folded back on to the wings, and cutting at the ends so there are now four 5 foot ribbons on each wing instead of the original two 10 foot ribbons. Without the ribbons, the kite will not fly correctly, almost at all. If it flew without the ribbons, an easy 5 stars.

Keep birds off our boat