05-09-2016, 11:18 AM
It's annoying when a bird poops on your car, but large flocks of them can be a genuine problem in some areas. But when a straw-stuffed scarecrow just isn't keeping them at bay, a company called Bird-X wants you to consider upgrading to a scarecrow in the sky.
For the most part Bird-X's ProHawk UAV is a standard high-end quadcopter with a GPS-guided autopilot mode so that users can configure waypoints that allow the drone to autonomously patrol a large property. But what makes it an effective bird-deterrent-besides the loud whir of its four spinning propellers-is a built in megaphone that blasts predator calls and bird distress cries.