Tanis Cuff wrote, "As I watched catbirds wrestle 1/2 ripe, bright red
berries off my Amelanchiers first really good crop, and then the robins came
and fought over the remaining berries which began to turn purple, I looked
around for other ripening fruit-- for birds OR people!"
Tanis,
I have red, plastic berry beads hanging in my Juneberry bushes and
Cherry trees and the birds ignore the fruit. The beads remain there the
year around. They are hung using dead-soft aluminum wire - once per year I
check/adjust the wires that may be too tight on branches.
Jim Fruth
Brambleberry Farm
Pequot Lakes, MN 56472
For jams, jellies & syrups:
www.bberryfarm.com
(877)265-6856 [Store]
(218)831-7018 [My Cell]
[NAFEX] Birds in Amelanchier & Cherry,
Jim Fruth, 07/20/2008