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Hi tonya and a warm welcome to you from all the Staff and Moderators. Sparrows (both house and tree) are species under threat so it's not a good idea to try and get rid of them. They both mainly feed on seeds and insects, so perhaps putting a seed feeding station a bit away from the area with the fruit will help.
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
I'm sure you will enjoy it here and I look forward to hearing your news.
Hello Tonya and welcome to the forum, enjoy and all the best.
Thank you! I don't want to get rid of them)) I just need them not to be in my garden
Tired
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A feeder elsewhere should help distract them. You may see some places advertising bird mesh to cover bushes and trees, but this mesh can easily entangle birds, so it's not a great idea.
Birds don't generally like flashing things. If you can find some old CDs and hang them so that they spin in the wind, the flashing of the reflective underside may discourage them. A fake snake, regularly moved around, may also scare them off.
I've read of people painting small, inedible objects (like pebbles) to look like fruit and scattering them around the plants, before the berries ripen. The idea is that the birds might decide that this particular bush produces inedible berries, and leave it alone when it does actually fruit. Supposedly it's effective to get them to leave strawberries alone. May work here.
That said, sparrows don't really eat berries, so you may have had something else turn up last year.
Birds don't generally like flashing things. If you can find some old CDs and hang them so that they spin in the wind, the flashing of the reflective underside may discourage them. A fake snake, regularly moved around, may also scare them off.
I've read of people painting small, inedible objects (like pebbles) to look like fruit and scattering them around the plants, before the berries ripen. The idea is that the birds might decide that this particular bush produces inedible berries, and leave it alone when it does actually fruit. Supposedly it's effective to get them to leave strawberries alone. May work here.
That said, sparrows don't really eat berries, so you may have had something else turn up last year.
Hi Tonya! Best regards!
Are you sure it's sparrows?
They just look a lot like starlings.
The exact description of the sparrow is at the link:
Come in and make sure it's them.
Then let me know and I'll help you!
Are you sure it's sparrows?
They just look a lot like starlings.
The exact description of the sparrow is at the link:
Then let me know and I'll help you!
Thanks for the clarification! That's exactly what they are. I'll remember for the rest of my life how they pecked at my berries...Hi Tonya! Best regards!
Are you sure it's sparrows?
They just look a lot like starlings.
The exact description of the sparrow is at the link:
Come in and make sure it's them.
Then let me know and I'll help you!
