CritterPainter
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:48 am Post subject: *fume* robins eating all my cherries! |
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I really do love wildlife, but when the cheeky beggars sit in MY cherry tree with their craw crammed with MY cherries, giving ME grief for daring to work in the beds, it's really too much! Didn't get a single cherry last year and this year isn't too promising. And these are PIE cherries for goodness sake. I grow them because one thing I remember from childhood is that the birds left great-grandma's pie cherry tree alone. Not mine! Grumble! I've tried nets, flashy-twirly CD's, flash tape, you name it. It's heartbreaking to watch them all disappear!!
I'm seriously sulking here!
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Droopy
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:21 am Post subject: |
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Oh, dear!  Around here we use old fishing nets with fine mesh. They won't stop the birds totally but greatly minimizes the damage done. Bar sitting up there with a broom, swinging wildly at anything flying I'm not sure what you could do.
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eileen
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:23 am Post subject: |
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Well for some reason the birds left my cherries alone this year but I see the blackbirds eyeing up my blackcurrants. It's always a race when my fruit ripens as to just who makes it to the bushes first. Usually the birds win as I can't see me picking fruit at 3am!!
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Droopy
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:24 am Post subject: |
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 I'd say that depends on how much you want them, Eileen!
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gardenmama
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: |
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Have you tried noise when they are all int he tree gorging themselves? And air horn or fire racker would freak them out and might stay away.
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Biita
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 11:20 am Post subject: |
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wow,, we use the old fishing nets also,,
And i can totally relate to the fighting the birds for the fruit..lol. I think gardenmama might have a good idea,, big noise everytime you see them. Might work.
Lol,, omg, i have picked berries at 3 am. I am such a geek.
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CritterPainter
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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That doesn't count, Biita, it's still blazing daylight there at 3am! No geek alarms going off!
OK, maybe I need to trot over to Westport and see if I can snitch a few nets from the tuna fishermen. O I'm suuuure they'll be in a generous mood when they come in, lol!
At least they seem to be leaving my raspberries alone... and my peas... but somehow a raspberry-pea pie just isn't the same.
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Pianolady
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| Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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I put cheap dollar store windchimes in the cherry trees, it's hard to say if it helps. Seems like the birds are lazy around here, they grab the ones on the outside, but if I crawl into the middle of the tree, they're untouched.
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Netty
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| Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:04 am Post subject: |
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Maybe THAT is what happened to my cherries!! There were a lot earlier and at last count there were 2 left.
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