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[John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>]

Ginda,  I tried the black monofilament stuff one time and threw it out.  We are talking the kind sold as "bird netting" with the triangular mesh, right?  I now use "deer netting" with a square mesh that is slightly larger than the triangular but still black monofilament  The deer netting is much more managable and is reusable. 

 

John

Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us> wrote:

> No doubt that's why they were snared. But I have seen juncos feeding 
> on my red currants.
>
> The low hardware-cloth fence around the blueberries has completely 
> eliminated critter-death in my blueberry netting (even though I use 
> the black monofilament stuff). An outdoor cat has eliminated the 
> need to net the currants and raspberries, so long as I pick them 
> fairly promptly. She kills some
>  critters, but at least I don't have 
> to disentangle the little corpses from my netting.
>
> I'm intrigued by the white woven netting, however, which I hadn't 
> seen before. I hate the black monofilament stuff. It's fragile, and 
> it gets tangled in everything, such as my buttons and itself. 
> Contrary to Alan's experience, most of the birds do seem to see it, 
> however. Two years ago a bird watched me as I spread the netting 
> over my just-about-ripe blueberry bed. As soon as I finished, the 
> bird checked it out, hopping from post to post (I drape the netting 
> over the same posts that the hardware cloth is attached to), looking 
> carefully at the protected blueberries, and tweeting loudly at each 
> stop. Perhaps it was my imagination, but he certainly sounded 
> frustrated and angry with me. (I don't remember the species. It 
> wasn't a junco, something more solitary and territorial that had been 
> guarding the patch from its kin, I
>  think.)
>
> Ginda
>
>
> On Nov 25, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Jim Fruth wrote:
>
> > Ginda,
> > Don't blame the Juncos. They are ground feeding seed eaters. 
> > Notice
> > how they scratch the ground, then peck at seeds (usually weed 
> > seeds) they
> > uncovered.
> > One year I thought it would be cute to have them eat at my 
> > (sunflower
> > seed) bird feeder. A flock of them had been feeding on the ground 
> > under it
> > for several days. So I set the feeder on the ground and, every 
> > day, I
> > adjusted it up a little higher. They seemed to be voracious eaters 
> > because
> > the feeder was emptied every day. By the time I got it to window 
> > level so I
> > could watch them, I was appalled over what I had done. The Juncos 
> > didn't
> > know how to open the sunflower seed shells so they scratched them 
> > overboard
> > looking for the shelled bits and the Chickadees were
>  eating off the 
> > ground.
> > I was wondering how the cats could catch so many Chickadees.
> >
> > Jim Fruth
> > Brambleberry Farm
> > Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
> > For jams, jellies & syrups:
> > www.bberryfarm.com
> > (877)265-6856 [Store]
> > (218)831-7018 [My Cell]
> >
> > I think the squirrels and chipmunks do more damage overall than any 
> > birds,
> > but the birds I snared in netting over my blueberries and currants 
> > were
> > mostly juncos. Whether that's because they are the worst fruit- 
> > eaters or
> > just because they are dumb or have poor eyesight or are other wise 
> > prone to
> > snaring, I can't say.
> > ___
> > Ginda
> >
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