[Chocaholic]

Walked down to the dock on Friday afternoon and see a large crow (blackbird...I’m assuming it’s a crow) on top of the rolled up Bimini top on our (new) boat. As I approach he flies off. I look in the boat and it’s an absolute mess. Not sure if it was birdshlt or regurgitated food but it took me an hour to get it all cleaned up. Purple/yellow slime with various seeds, etc. Yuck. I lowered the Bimini top to rest on the engine cover hoping to take away his perch.

Fast forward 24 hours. I go to the boat...no bird this time but clearly he had been there. Another complete mess with the added bonus of two holes poked into the vinyl seat back near the bow. It looked like two pencil holes, perhaps done with a beak.

This time after cleanup I put the full boat cover on (a PITA) and as of now, no more mess. We use the boat routinely so keeping the cover on is not ideal. It’s on a boat lift in a covered dock.

What can I do to make my dock undesirable for Gods little creature? There’s already an owl decoy in plain view but he doesn’t seem impressed.