To market its bird repellent device, Charleston-based WhirlyBird Solutions will sponsor an admission-free movie night on March 26, with showings of Alfred Hitchcock's classic "The Birds" at 6:15 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. and drawings for free devices. Donations will be accepted to benefit Save the Light, stewards of the Morris Island Lighthouse.
The WhirlyBird Repeller, a turbine shaped like a bird of prey, spins and wobbles in the wind and reflects light on surrounding surfaces. The device's appearance, sound, vibration and reflections scares birds away, its marketers said.
The Coast Guard has successfully tested the device on navigational aids and it has been used for three seasons by Irvin House Vineyards on Wadmalaw Island, according to Rob Turkewitz of WhirlyBird Solutions.
Multiplastics in Mount Pleasant makes most of the parts, and South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation assembles and packages the device.
