RE: [CH] Birds !#$@
Bloechl, Sharen Rund (sharen.rund.bloechl@lmco.com)
Wed, 01 Jul 1998 13:49:21 -0700
Do you have access to aluminum foil and/or lightweight tin/foil/metal?
my grandmother always used old pie tins - she'd have grandpa drill holes (a
nail & hammer would work) around the outer edge, then attach some string to
one end & colored ribbons, etc to the other end (you end up with a
"kite-like" thing) - tie the string-attached end to stakes, clothes line,
etc - the ribbons, etc will flutter in the wind/breeze & keep the birds away
- I know we get swallows every spring that like to make their nests under
the house eaves - we hang fluttering ribbons on the side they prefer [or
used to] haven't had swallows under the eaves for several years. . .B-)
Sharen Rund Bloechl
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> On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Dan Bar Dov wrote:
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> > Its hot in Israel now. I figured I can sprout directly in the ground.
> And
> > indeed it works fine.
> > Alas, birds are eating the new sprouts.
> > They prefer them with 2 leaves, but also eat the leaves of up to about 6
> > leaves plant. They don't touch the more grown up plants.
> >
> > Scarecrow ? I don't think so.
> > Any ideas ?
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> > BTW every early evening the habs lower their heads, in the morning they
> are
> > straight up again. They are not short on water, they don't feel wilted
> to
> > touch, only look that way. Peculiar. Anyone sees that too ?
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