birds eating cherries

RJohnson · Apr 16, 2002

Harv

Where were you when they were talking about Bird houses? That was the first thing that occurred to me. Why would anyone be talking about Bird's house/w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif. Great post.

Randy

Bird · Apr 16, 2002

Sure wish I had those cherries./w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif Of course I have the same problem with the mockingbirds and bluejays eating my plums. I've tried tying a bunch of aluminum pie pans in the trees; some folks say that works, but I couldn't tell it helped any so I quit doing it.

BWa · Apr 17, 2002

I am not sure about the cherry growers , but here in MA the Blue berry growers use what is called a poper , it is a gas powered cannon , that operates on a timer and sounds very much like a shotgun , it is used some times for corn if the birds are real bad ....
Bill G.

Bird · Apr 17, 2002

We have a commercial pecan orchard (about 8,000 trees I was told) about 10 miles from here that uses several of those LPG powered cannons to try to keep the crows out; moderately successful he says.

Mosey · Apr 17, 2002

The "poper" sounds like it would work good! That's a new idea I hadn't heard of. I'll have to consider the neighbors though, so I need to find one that's not too loud. Although, if I could point it towards the neighbors with the dog that barks a lot ...

MossRoad · Apr 17, 2002

If you want a REALLY big boom try what this guy did.
<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.gov.nf.ca/agric/cfm/Sept/riskmgnt.htm> How'd you like to live next door to this? </A> It goes off every 6 seconds!

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.hailshield.com/en-section.html>Another link</A>

Might work for birds. /w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif