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[John S <swim_at_svc@yahoo.com>]

That's interesting and makes me want to ask if anybody knows how to 
effectively discourage robins.  Here in western PA, they are a small fruit 
disaster.  They are aggressive, persistent and destroy whole crops of 
cherries, blueberries, currants, gooseberries, etc.  Just about any small 
fruit will be taken before it has a chance to fully ripen.  They appear to be 
the overwhelmingly dominant fruit-destructive bird here.

I've taken to netting plants on a large scale, but that is expensive and a 
lot of work.

The only thing that seems to work a bit is to have lots of cats around in the 
growing area.  But then you need to work at herding cats, another challenging 
task.

I am fairly sure that you are not allowed to hunt or kill them.  Any ideas?

Thanks 



--- On Wed, 7/11/12, Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net> wrote:

> From: Elizabeth Hilborn <ehilborn@mebtel.net>
> Subject: Re: [nafex] Crows!!!
> To: "nafex mailing list at ibiblio" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2012, 10:16 PM
> Hi Jerry,
> http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Regs/Documents/2011-12/2011-12_Hunting.pdf
> 
> 
> Crow season in NC:
> CROW SEASONS
> Season Bag Limits- No restriction
> Aug. 3, 2011 to Feb. 29, 2012–Wednesday,
> Friday and Saturday of each week plus Labor
> Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New
> Year’s Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
> 
> June 6, 2012 to July 28, 2012–Wednesday,
> Friday and Saturday of each week plus
> Independence Day.
> 
> If you leave the carcasses in the orchard it may discourage
> others. They 
> are pretty smart about avoiding dangerous areas, and they
> communicate 
> among themselves well.
> 
> Good luck!
> 
> Betsy Hilborn
> 7a central NC
> 
> 
> 
> On 7/11/2012 12:16 PM, Jerry Levit wrote:
> > Our neighbors the crows are having a field day in our
> orchard. We have 66 dwarf apple trees on a Marchand trellis,
> 15 semi-dwarf apples and four semi-dwarf pear trees. The
> trees range between 4 and 6 years old and this is their
> first year of serious production. Unfortunately for us, the
> crows are getting most of the nearly-ripe fruit. We have put
> up scare tape, deployed an owl scarecrow and are employing a
> Bird Gard Pro sound device. Each system worked for about
> four or five days. I don't mind sharing some of our harvest
> with the critters. I just want my fair share. Short of
> netting each tree are there any other ideas that folks on
> this list that have proven effective. Thanks for your
> insights and experience.
> >
> > Jerry Levit
> > Windy Meadows
> > 4371 Russell Road
> > Graham, NC 27253
> > jerlevit@gmail.com
> > 336.376.5559 (Farm)
> > 919.824.6843 (Cell)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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