Elderly relative living abroad by herself, is having most of the fruit eaten
by birds from a fruit tree about three and half metres high.

Since she is too old now to get a net over the tree, is there anything else
she might usefully be able to do to stop the birds?

In article ,
Dave West wrote:

Elderly relative living abroad by herself, is having most of the fruit eaten
by birds from a fruit tree about three and half metres high.

Since she is too old now to get a net over the tree, is there anything else
she might usefully be able to do to stop the birds?

Buy a shotgun. Take up hawking. Buy an agricultural bird scarer.
I don't recommend any of them in such a case.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

On 16/02/2013 10:47, wrote:
In article ,
Dave West wrote:

Elderly relative living abroad by herself, is having most of the fruit eaten
by birds from a fruit tree about three and half metres high.

Since she is too old now to get a net over the tree, is there anything else
she might usefully be able to do to stop the birds?

Buy a shotgun. Take up hawking. Buy an agricultural bird scarer.
I don't recommend any of them in such a case.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

You don't say what sort of fruit,
Cherrys are the chief Tree fruit taken in the UK.

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In article ,
Dave West wrote:

Elderly relative living abroad by herself, is having most of the fruit
eaten
by birds from a fruit tree about three and half metres high.

Since she is too old now to get a net over the tree, is there anything
else
she might usefully be able to do to stop the birds?

Buy a shotgun. Take up hawking. Buy an agricultural bird scarer.
I don't recommend any of them in such a case.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Sometimes you are such a bad boy that I love you.

"Dave West" wrote in
:

Elderly relative living abroad by herself, is having most of the fruit
eaten by birds from a fruit tree about three and half metres high.

Since she is too old now to get a net over the tree, is there anything
else she might usefully be able to do to stop the birds?


Mirrors seem to work.
A few old cd's tied, knotted and spaced to a length of string and a few
stones tied(to give throwing weight) can work. Throw the whole thing and
aim as high as you can to the hight of the tree. If it works do some more.
The string will rot over time so its not up there annoying you.

On 17/02/2013 13:27, Stan wrote:
"Dave West" wrote in
:

Elderly relative living abroad by herself, is having most of the fruit
eaten by birds from a fruit tree about three and half metres high.

Since she is too old now to get a net over the tree, is there anything
else she might usefully be able to do to stop the birds?


Mirrors seem to work.
A few old cd's tied, knotted and spaced to a length of string and a few
stones tied(to give throwing weight) can work. Throw the whole thing and
aim as high as you can to the hight of the tree. If it works do some more.
The string will rot over time so its not up there annoying you.

I do wonder if she is to old to get a net over the tree how she would
pick fruit from the top.
Could she net a few lower branches for herself and let the birds have
the fruit on top?

David Hill wrote in
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On 17/02/2013 13:27, Stan wrote:
"Dave West" wrote in
:

Elderly relative living abroad by herself, is having most of the
fruit eaten by birds from a fruit tree about three and half metres
high.

Since she is too old now to get a net over the tree, is there
anything else she might usefully be able to do to stop the birds?


Mirrors seem to work.
A few old cd's tied, knotted and spaced to a length of string and a
few stones tied(to give throwing weight) can work. Throw the whole
thing and aim as high as you can to the hight of the tree. If it
works do some more. The string will rot over time so its not up there
annoying you.

I do wonder if she is to old to get a net over the tree how she would
pick fruit from the top.
Could she net a few lower branches for herself and let the birds have
the fruit on top?


I think it is a matter of where the picking will be. A net on the lower
branches should work. And let the birds help themselves to the rest.