"Dwight Sipler" wrote in message
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When I used to plant melons, I would have trouble in the dry season.
Crows would peck at fruit to get water, and they seemed to like the
melons best. I got some stakes and tied some 8 pound monofilament fish
line on them at a height of about 3-4'. The fish line I used had a
slight fluorescent blue cast, otherwise it was transparent. The line was
strung in parallel rows about 5' apart throughout the melon patch.


That sounds like a great idea.