Patent ID: 6698132
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: A01M

Abstract:
A bird decoy for attracting predators comprising:a decoy body in the configuration of a bird selected from a group consisting of foraging birds, predator birds, and waterfowls; a pair of motor-driven flapping wings extending outwardly from the sides of the decoy body and being attached to the decoy body by a pair of wing pins, each wing pin having an inner portion which partially extends into an opening in one of the sides of the decoy body and an outer portion having a slot that receives a forward portion of one of the wings in a normal configuration, the flapping wings flapping upwardly and downwardly when actuated in the normal configuration, each of the wings capable of being folded into a folded configuration by retracting the forward portion of each wing from the respective slot such that the forward portion is out of the slot and placed in generally non-parallel relation behind a rear portion of the wing pin; and a support; wherein said decoy body is rotatably attached to and on top of the support, the decoy body also capable of continuously rotating on said support when one of said flapping wings being in the normal configuration flaps and the other of said flapping wings being in the folded configuration vibrates.