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[Scott Smith <scott@cs.jhu.edu>]

I should say I tried the painted rocks trick for my strawberries and  
the birds were not fooled, alas.  They were pretty convincing I  
thought, I grabbed for those rocks I don't know how many times when I  
was picking berries.  It probably depends on what type of birds you  
have.

The birds are now pecking at my Santa Rosa plums and it is making me a  
bigger fan of yellow plum varieties, which they have been almost  
completely ignoring.  Putting footies on the pluots completely fooled  
them, making the fruits tan and not red.

Scott