Coast Guard aid to navigation;
with excessive bird guano.

US COAST GUARD SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE WHIRLYBIRD REPELLER ON ITS NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

Excerpt from The Aids to Navigation Bulletin, National Aids to Navigation School, U.S. Coast Guard, Spring 2006 (Volume 33, Number 3).

Whirly Bird Deterrent
by BMC A.J. White, ANT Charleston

During the fourteen months from August 2004 to October 2005, ANT Georgetown tested a bird deterrent device created by a local company, Whirlybird Solutions. The "WhirlyBird Repeller" is designed to rotate in the wind, which causes noise and excessive movement that scare birds.

ANT Charleston installed the WhirlyBird on several aids with a history of outages caused by excessive guano that they had been visiting at least once a quarter for the last three years to recharge the aid and clean the solar panel.

Since the WhirlyBirds were installed, there has not been a single discrepancy related to excessive guano on those aids. The significant decrease in discrepancy response has allowed the ANTs to conduct more annual services and asset maintenance. For more information about the WhirlyBird, visit their website.

Dear WhirlyBird Solutions,

I had a WhirlyBird Repeller installed on my dock about two years ago. Prior to this, I had experienced considerable intrusions by various bird-pests alighting in the rigging of my forty-five foot sailboat's sixty-foot mast and depositing their droppings over my vessel and dock.

During the past two years I have been completely spared this considerable annoyance due to the definite effectiveness of this device. Having lived around salt water all my life, and having been Commodore of the James Island Yacht Club, as well as past Commander of the United States Power Squadrons, I do express my opinions from a knowledgeable background and from experience with bird problems in the marine environment.

The WhirlyBird Repeller works!

Most sincerely,
Fred Wichmann, Sr.

Dear WhirlyBird Solutions,

The WhirlyBird Repeller has increased our [grape] crop yield by 15 to 20 percent!

JIM IRVIN, OWNER,
IRVIN HOUSE VINEYARDS
WADMALAW ISLAND, SC

February 2008

Dear WhirlyBird Solutions:

We live near the Tail Race Canal (Cooper River but Moncks Corner end) so we have a lot of bird traffic.  We have in our yard a Koi pond which is out in the open.  Between the Koi pond and our bird feeders, we have numerous song birds in our yard.  Before I installed the WhirlyBird Repeller, I had problems with hawks attacking and killing the birds perched and drinking from our Koi Pond Waterfall.  We would find feathers from the bird kills on a regular basis and we wanted to find a way to protect the birds by keeping them away from our Koi pond and out of harms way.  We also wanted to protect the Koi by keeping birds away from the pond.  

We heard about the WhirlyBird Repeller through the Charleston Showa Koi Club, and we were given the opportunity to test one out.  Since we installed the WhirlyBird Repeller in December 2007, we have not seen any hawks land in our yard, nor have we seen any feathers piled up in our yard. As for the eagles, egrets, and heron, I do not see them flying as low to the house as they used to and I still have all 38 Koi in my pond. Attached is a picture showing the WhirlyBird Repeller mounted next to our pond.   

Thanks for such a wonderful invention that will save my Koi and backyard birds. For all those reading these testimonials, the WhirlyBird Repeller really works!

Thanks again,

 
Angie and Sammy Hood
Moncks Corner, SC

02/27/08

To whom it may concern,

WhirlyBird Solutions

In the summer of 2007, we had a large seagull infestation around our manufacturing facility. There were several hundred birds that were a real nuisance. I tried several solutions with no results. I was then referred to WhirlyBird Solutions. I installed 10 Whirlybird Repellers on my 200,000 square-foot building, and the birds went away immediately. I was delighted at this sight. I would recommend using this product to anyone who needs an immediate solution to help with nuisance birds.

Yours faithfully,

Chris Nemeth
VP Operations
SeaFox Boat Company, Inc.
2550 Highway 52
Moncks Corner, SC 29461