Pesky birds and my precious cherries!
Does anyone out there know how I can protect my precious cherries from
avaricious blackbirds. Now that they are beginning to ripen, the whole tree is crowded with blackbirds. I do give the birds plenty of other food to eat but they seem hell-bent on pinching my cherries. The tree is too big to net and I wonder if anyone has some brilliant ideas on what I can do to frighten them away, short of buying a shotgun! Many thanks. Lynne |
Pesky birds and my precious cherries!
On Jun 22, 12:56 pm, wrote:
Does anyone out there know how I can protect my precious cherries from avaricious blackbirds. Now that they are beginning to ripen, the whole tree is crowded with blackbirds. I do give the birds plenty of other food to eat but they seem hell-bent on pinching my cherries. The tree is too big to net and I wonder if anyone has some brilliant ideas on what I can do to frighten them away, short of buying a shotgun! ....and can anyone tell me how to stop them leaving the pips all over my patio? |
Pesky birds and my precious cherries!
I string old C-D discs across my fruit bushes (just when there's fruit) with
good success, so it might just work on your tree. Mind you, I don't have neighbours, so they might just complain about your flashing tree.... Pinetree. wrote in message oups.com... Does anyone out there know how I can protect my precious cherries from avaricious blackbirds. Now that they are beginning to ripen, the whole tree is crowded with blackbirds. I do give the birds plenty of other food to eat but they seem hell-bent on pinching my cherries. The tree is too big to net and I wonder if anyone has some brilliant ideas on what I can do to frighten them away, short of buying a shotgun! Many thanks. Lynne |
Pesky birds and my precious cherries!
"Pinetree" wrote: I string old C-D discs across my fruit bushes (just when there's fruit) with good success, so it might just work on your tree. Mind you, I don't have neighbours, so they might just complain about your flashing tree.... --- Tiscali start-up discs work wonders too, at least they appear to give our resident wood pigeons something to think about. MikeCT |
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