I've previously written about how specifying a roof hatch was a no-brainer when I was building my house -- because one never knows when it might be necessary to climb up on the roof. Like having to install a scarecrow.
Starting in the spring, I was woken up each morning by a huge ruckus on the roof. I figured it was birds, and putting a Blink camera on the roof confirmed this:
The birds were hopping up and down on the roof -- I guess either because they like the flat roof or because the roofing material is thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) membrane and is slightly springy. Not only were they causing a ruckus, but they were also leaving bird droppings on my stucco siding, which was incredibly hard to scrub off.
After some research, I bought a plastic owl scarecrow on Amazon. The scarecrow has a hole and plug at the bottom to allow you to fill it with sand to give it some weight. I filled it with gravel. For good measure, I drilled two holes in the base and screwed a galvanized steel chain into it. I lashed the chain to one of my roof drain grates to keep the owl from flying away under high winds.
In addition, I bought a roll of reflective "scare tape," which also apparently wards birds away. I tied the "scare tape" to anything I could secure it to on the roof:
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