X Kites Birds of Prey Eagle Nylon Bird Kite, 49 Inches Wide

Bought this to use as a supplement to live birds of prey we hire to scare crows away from a mid-rise residential building. I use it sparingly so as not to get the crowd accustomed to it but it works great. Just the site of of it stirs every crow to flight, the sentinel takes 3 or 4 passes and the whole bunch screams and takes off to another site.

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.

I had a major problem with birds in my garden. Tried reflective pinwheels, had fake owls and obnoxious streamers mounted everywhere. Nothing worked until this. I modified an angled flag pole mount to fit a 20' flexible telescoping extension pole. (RV windsock pole) and hung this kite from 5' of 30lb braided fishing line (Which broke in 2 weeks). Replaced with 50lb mono and heavy duty barrel swivel. Even in a slight gentle wind this things soars all over above the garden, scaring the cr@p out of every living thing beneath it. Sometimes it even dive bombs me and sends me ducking for cover! Not sure there's a bird that hasn't fled the county from this thing at this point. So far it's still holding up but as violently as it soars around I expect to have to replace it every season and will happily do so.

I bought this kite to scare seagulls off my roof. This kite is way better than the other kites for sale on amazon. Other kites did not last more than 3 days under 10mph winds or less. This kite not only is made better but has outlasted the others by 3 weeks and still looks as new as the day I put it up. I only wish it came with a pole to mount it.

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 pole Came in timely manner Easy to assemble Would buy from this company again

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 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.