Birds :( :( :(

WhiteFalcon · 06-08-2009, 07:00 PM

I can I keep the state bird of Texas, Mocking Bird, from stealing all my tomatos or just pecking the crap out of them? Besides shooting!!
Thanks,
Grant

tamalpias · 06-08-2009, 07:02 PM

wrap each tomato in a disposable sandwich bag.

Metronome · 06-08-2009, 08:54 PM

Genetically engineer some giant Praying Mantis? But then you might have to shoot them too...

Cross Hair · 06-08-2009, 10:29 PM

wire or netting over the top so they cant get down to them

kyhareraiser · 06-10-2009, 03:14 PM

try aluminum pie pans tied arround diffrent spots in your garden. the noise and the movement they make will kep most birds away. also you can buy a plastic owl to put on a pole in your garden,or the next thing would be to get a large fake snake to put close to your tomatos (be sure to tell your family it's out there or they will blast it to pieces ) hahaha

WhiteFalcon · 06-10-2009, 04:57 PM

I have tryed all the above, no luck. They even move 2x4 I placed around the net bottom or burrow under. I find them having a field day inside the net. Squerrls not much of an issue.

Deersniper · 06-16-2009, 10:37 PM

Hang some Christmas balls on on your plants down where they can get to them outside your netting. They peck them and they are too hard, and will leave the rest alone. Mirrors work too. They will see another bird. As for moving 2x4's and such your need a strong perimeter.

ArkansasHunter · 06-16-2009, 11:09 PM

Go by a sack of biddy feed and keep some sowed close to your garden. I've never seen a Mocking Bird bother tomatoe's here.
They happen to be Arkansas State Bird to. I've got a pet Mocking Bird that flys around me when I mow my yard. It makes it easier for him to find bugs and worms where the grass is cut.
Sometimes I have to wait on him to move out of the way. He'll lite on branches and shrubs not 4 feet away as I pass by. Next time I mow I'll have a box of night Crawlers to offer him, I hope he takes them from my hand LOL
His name is Elmo...A.H

thrillbilly · 06-16-2009, 11:58 PM

Besides shooting them? Hmmmmmm, nope, no idea! LOL

06-08-2009, 07:00 PM	#1
WhiteFalcon Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 141	Birds :( :( :( I can I keep the state bird of Texas, Mocking Bird, from stealing all my tomatos or just pecking the crap out of them? Besides shooting!! Thanks, Grant

06-08-2009, 08:54 PM	#3
Metronome Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Northern California Posts: 981	Genetically engineer some giant Praying Mantis? But then you might have to shoot them too... __________________ I take my coffee how I take my women: bitter and overbearing.

06-08-2009, 10:29 PM	#4
Cross Hair Coyote Sniper Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Central Illinois... Middle of Nowhere Posts: 1,484	wire or netting over the top so they cant get down to them __________________ *Most of my life I've spent hunting,... the rest of it I've just wasted*

06-16-2009, 11:09 PM	#8
ArkansasHunter Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: South Arkansas. Posts: 18,457	Go by a sack of biddy feed and keep some sowed close to your garden. I've never seen a Mocking Bird bother tomatoe's here. They happen to be Arkansas State Bird to. I've got a pet Mocking Bird that flys around me when I mow my yard. It makes it easier for him to find bugs and worms where the grass is cut. Sometimes I have to wait on him to move out of the way. He'll lite on branches and shrubs not 4 feet away as I pass by. Next time I mow I'll have a box of night Crawlers to offer him, I hope he takes them from my hand LOL His name is Elmo...A.H __________________ IN GOD WE TRUST NRA MEMBER

06-16-2009, 11:58 PM	#9
thrillbilly Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ozark Hill Country Posts: 3,194	Besides shooting them? Hmmmmmm, nope, no idea! LOL __________________ *" I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on."* John Wayne

06-08-2009, 07:02 PM	#2
tamalpias Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 528	wrap each tomato in a disposable sandwich bag.

06-10-2009, 03:14 PM	#5
kyhareraiser Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 43	try aluminum pie pans tied arround diffrent spots in your garden. the noise and the movement they make will kep most birds away. also you can buy a plastic owl to put on a pole in your garden,or the next thing would be to get a large fake snake to put close to your tomatos (be sure to tell your family it's out there or they will blast it to pieces ) hahaha

06-10-2009, 04:57 PM	#6
WhiteFalcon Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dallas TX Posts: 141	I have tryed all the above, no luck. They even move 2x4 I placed around the net bottom or burrow under. I find them having a field day inside the net. Squerrls not much of an issue.

06-16-2009, 10:37 PM	#7
Deersniper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 4,472	Hang some Christmas balls on on your plants down where they can get to them outside your netting. They peck them and they are too hard, and will leave the rest alone. Mirrors work too. They will see another bird. As for moving 2x4's and such your need a strong perimeter.