Re: fwd: Birds
At 07:26 AM 7/14/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> Anyway, what does one do about *bird damage*? The sparrows and mourning
>> doves have taken a liking to my sedum (autumn joy and another one that
>> resembles it whose name escapes me), and they all have large, triangular
>> *beak bites* in the leaves. If I walk around the corner of the house and
>> startle them, a whole flock rises up and scatters. I have never had
>> problems with insect pests on these sedum, so I don't think they're
>> feeding on pests. They're eating the leaves!! To a lesser extent, they
>> are chomping on the foliage of my clematis as well.
>>
>> Any ideas or deterrents? I don't use chemical pesticides in my garden
>> either, Not for any greater good, but because I'm too cheap to buy them.
>>
>
>Yes, go get an owl from a garden center. They are kind of hokey
>looking, made of plastic, but keep the bulk of critters at bay. Out
>local boat marinas and the Double Tree hotel use them on the roofs and
>in the eaves to keep the seagulls and the 'eave nesters' away. Works
>pretty well.
>--
>The Greenhouse Nursery
>81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
>Port Angeles, WA 98362
>(360) 417-2664
>Zone 8
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They're sometimes costly at Garden Centers. But I've found them
reasonably priced at Coast to Coast stores or other discount hunting supply
stores. Margaret
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