How sneaky is this!
There are some juvenile delinquents roaming my neighbourhood at the moment and boy are they sneaky!
My juvenile delinquents are in fact 2 young butcher-birds… I have done the “crazy vegie gardener” thing ( I think much to my neighbours amusement) and waved my arms and “shooed” them, but they hardly take any notice and fly into the large gum tree, pretend to hide and then after a while they return. So what are they doing?
They are sneaking cherry tomatoes… And are doing so through the bird netting…. its actually quite an achievement and I have watched them do it out of fascination for their skill, they put their beak through the netting, latch onto a tomato and then twist and manoeuvre it through the netting, I don’t quite understand how they get a tomato through the netting but they do it.
But the worst thing is they are only doing it as a bit of sport, they don’t eat the tomatoes, they bite them, then throw them on the ground and try for another. I am not sure if my tomatoes just aren’t to their taste or if it is a bit of a game.
Wonder if I built a scarecrow, if that would work???
Well, I think that birds these day are very urbanized. Much like sparrows waiting for french fries in Mcdonald’s. So, I am not sure if the scarecrow would work. How about trying a bird net with a smaller opening?