"Lucy" wrote in message
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"Clanger" wrote in message
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what about a plastic cat :-) like the plastic hawk but more cat shaped.

dont string it up either, sit it under the bushes.

clanger
Worth try. A sparrowhawk would give our cat the screaming abdabs - she
is
even wary of the blackbirds...

"Lucy" wrote in message
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I underlaid a large Pyracantha with bark with the idea that fallen
dead
leaves would not show up as much as with gravel. It is working up to a
point, but the blackbirds are throwing it all over the adjacent paving
as
they search for insects. As they start at dawn and continue on and
off
until dusk, it is hard to keep up with them. Does anyone know of a way
of
stabilising the bark?
Lucy

If I may be a pedantic old bo
Lucy, did you muck about with adding or subtracting attribution marks?
( "" and suchlike?)
The last post from you looked as if you did.
Please, never tough them and make sure you put your contribution on a new
line, clear of attribution marks.

Franz