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  • From: "Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>
  • To: "'North American Fruit Explorers'" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Cherry Tree Lunacy
  • Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:36:42 -0400

Hi,

If you use an artificial owl suspend it on a fishing line so it moves
slightly with a breeze. Also place it where an owl would roost (not the
middle of the lawn). In this instance you need to have a bird brain and
think like a bird. The more "natural" you make it, the better it will work.

The first time my dog spotted mine, she was scared by it and barked at it
for a few minutes. If it can scare a dog, it will scare a bird.

Make sure you can put it in various "natural" locations so birds do not
become accustomed to it.

Also, there are mylar balloons designed to scare birds. Something hovering
overhead never makes a bird feel comfortable. Millions of years of hawks
overhead have taught them that lesson. See here;

http://www.biconet.com/birds/helikite2.html

Later,
Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of William C. Garthright
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2007 8:17 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Cherry Tree Lunacy


> No cats to patrol the berries? I've used Mylar scare-tape in trees, along
with a seed feeder nearby with good results for birds - also always have
some bright red non-crop berries growing.


Cats would be worse pests than the birds, I'd think, and I don't like
them running loose in town. Robins don't eat seeds, so a feeder doesn't
help there, and I haven't noticed much problem with seed-eating species
on my fruit. (Although, come to think of it, it was cardinals that
cleaned out my few grapes last year, so maybe I should fill up my
feeders again, after all.)

None of the scare-tape kind of stuff (homemade versions) have worked for
me, but that might be partly because robins are so tame. It didn't work
on the cardinals last year, either. But perhaps it keeps away more wary
birds? I suppose it couldn't hurt to put it up again, just in case.
Non-crop berries? I'm planting nothing I can't eat, but if everything
starts producing, I'll probably have more than the critters and I can
eat, together!

Yes, that squirrel spray sounds interesting. None of my squirrels can
really be hungry (I feed them peanuts to keep them full, though it
hasn't kept them out of the strawberries), so you wouldn't think it
would take much to discourage them.

Bill
Lincoln, NE (zone 5)


--
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets
knowledge, the latter ignorance. - Hippocrates (460 - 377 BCE)
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