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  "id": "fake-owl-decoy",
  "sku": "fake-owl-decoy",
  "title": "Fake Owl Decoy | Bird Scarecrow | Plastic Owl Statues",
  "slug": "fake-owl-decoy",
  "price": 66,
  "currency": "AUD",
  "availability": "in_stock",
  "category": "bird-control",
  "category_label": "Bird Control",
  "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 BuyFactory Direct at buyfactorydirect.com.au. 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, AUD 66. 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. We dispatch within 2 working days. Delivery then takes up to 7 working days by tracked courier. Delivery is free across Australia on orders of $99 or more, and $27.50 including GST below that.",
  "returnable": true,
  "return_policy": "Voluntary 14-day change-of-mind returns in original condition, buyer pays return postage; Australian Consumer Law consumer guarantees for faulty goods. Return postage on faulty goods is ours.",
  "shipping_profile": "standard",
  "warranty": null,
  "brand": "BuyFactory Direct",
  "gtin": null,
  "mpn": null,
  "condition": "new",
  "url": "https://buyfactorydirect.com.au/fake-owl-decoy/",
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  "updated_at": "2026-10-22"
}