Code: SP0521USDS
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ScareCrow® Motion-activated Animal Deterrent Keep animals away from ponds and gardens Protect your yard, fruit trees, vegetables, flowers and water features from hungry or destructive animal intruders. The ScareCrow® motion-activated sprinkler automatically detects deer, raccoons, heron, dogs and more as they approach, and repels them with a short but startling burst of water. The sudden noise, movement and spray scares animals away, teaching them to avoid the area in future. Using the ScareCrow is easy. Simply attach a standard garden hose to its base, set the ScareCrow in the ground in the area you want to protect, and then turn on the water. Once you switch the unit on, it is ready to go. How does it work? The ScareCrow uses a combination of sudden noise, unexpected movement, and a startling blast of water to create a memorable and unpleasant experience for the trespasser. The animal immediately associates this unpleasant experience with the location, and to avoid similar surprises, learns to avoid the area. If an animal chooses to return, the ScareCrow will be waiting. While a human may flee several steps after activating a ScareCrow, animals are typically affected to a much greater degree. In most cases they run much farther, and stay away longer. Because the unit only triggers when the animal moves, its behaviour is difficult for animals to anticipate, making it a very effective deterrent. Reminder for ScareCrow use in winter: To prevent damage from freezing water, take the ScareCrow inside and remove the battery before the first winter frost. Failure to do so may cause some parts to break as ice expands inside. The ScareCrow motion-activated sprinkler is constructed of durable, high-quality materials, and has been designed to provide many years of reliable service. ScareCrow® Mounting Bracket For installing the ScareCrow on fences or posts, use the optional ScareCrow mounting bracket. Media Coverage of the Scarecrow Deterrent I love this thing, and with all the motion sensor lights around, I'm amazed they didn't think of it sooner. A motion-sensing sprinkler! Now isn’t that just the thing to keep unwanted pests out of your garden; pest of any species. (Except, perhaps, for ducks.) Deer will gladly go over an 8-foot fence to get at roses, but they won't stand for getting wet. That's the concept behind Scarecrow, an animal-invasion deterrent commonly known as "deer sprinklers." The device consists of a rotating sprinkler head on top of an infrared motion sensor. When on guard, it will spray any animal - dog, raccoon, rabbit, cat, cat burglar, daughter's boyfriend - that gets within 35 feet… Cost and assembly are minimal compared with digging postholes and running fence. Another repelling device is a water Scarecrow. "It's a hard sprinkler connected to a motion sensor. When critters walk past it, they get blasted with water and they will stay away. "Herons are probably the biggest predator we have," he says. "Everyone thinks it's raccoons, but a raccoon won’t be much of a predator if the pond is built eight feet or more in width." It helps that herons are skittish. That limits most of their foraging to water gardens tucked into quiet corners of properties. "They don't like a lot of traffic or noise or kids running in and out of the house. If you're in an area where you think you’ll have a problem, consider buying a 'Scarecrow'." By Scarecrow, Beaulieu means a sprinkler that runs off a nine-volt battery. It has a motion detector built in with a range of 30 feet. "Hook it up to a water hose," he says. "Anything that breaks that electronic barrier gets soaked with a blast of water.  
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