How to keep birds away from fruit trees?

Whether on an isolated tree or shrub or on the fruit trees of the orchard, the fruits are highly prized by birds. They come to strip the sweet fruits. How to prevent birds from eating fruit?

Why are birds so fond of fruit?

With spring which takes hold, the fruit period will begin. The cherry trees cover themselves with delicious cherries very sweet, strawberries bring color in the vegetable garden and raspberries will follow. blackbirds, starlings, pigeons and others magpies will revel in fruits bursting with juice and of sugar. They can cause great damage and destroy long-awaited harvests. Thirst can also guide birds to your fruit trees. To avoid this, place water reserves so that they come to rehydrate and forget your fruit for a while. From late summer tofallthem pear trees, apple trees, plum trees can also be robbed by these feathered undesirables.

It’s not just the trees fruit trees that attract birds. The first seedlings with tender leaves as well as the vegetables are delicacies sought after by the birds. In case of strong heatvegetables from Sun like the tomatoes and zucchini can be stung by the beaks of birds seeking fresh air and water. In this case, install scarers to scare them away. Place a water trough filled with water in a corner of the garden to provide for the needs of the birds and divert their interest from the fruit trees. Regularly monitor the presence of water and that the mosquitoes did not come to lay there.

How to repel birds?

To scare away birds from fruit trees, there are several ways to create scarers:

• them CD : hanging from wires, they will reflect the sun’s rays and thus dazzle the birds;
• tin cans or metal cans: once pierced and then hung on wires, they will move with the wind and make noise that will scare the birds away;
• commercially purchased bird scarers, in various shapes, which will take the movement wind and simulate a presence that birds will be wary of;
• the scarecrow: it works for small shrubs but not fruit trees. Make your own scarecrow with recycled materials to scare away birds;
• the chime: musical instrument which originally diffuses soothing sounds but which can scare birds;
• the anti-bird netting: it must cover the entire tree to be effective. This system is therefore to be expected for a shrub (note however that a bird does not get tangled in the net);
• a scare balloon: very colorful and often decorated with a pattern resembling the eyes of a predator, it clings to the tree and frightens the birds.

Alternate these different scarers in your vegetable and fruit crops because birds tend to quickly get used to noises and movements, which end up not scaring them anymore.