Comments on: From Watching Birdwatchers to Watching Birds

By: Bird Ecology Study Group » BESG received a million hits…

Bird Ecology Study Group » BESG received a million hits… — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:01:28 +0000

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By: YC

YC — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:57:51 +0000

If you are referring to mist-netting, this activity is related to bird ringing in order to track their migratory routes. You need to be trained in setting up the mist-net, to retrieve the birds trapped and to ring them.

However, as you mentioned fruits ruined by birds, are you referring to netting your plants to protect them from birds? This is another thing altogether. You can dangle old computed disks on strings around your plants. The dangling and shiny pieces can and do discourage birds from visiting.

By: Rohit

Rohit — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:48:43 +0000

I saw the blog it is a nice site to visit netting bird, it was a lot of fun reading the blog. In fact, netting bird is an interesting destination i.e. covered by many websites. In fact
We bought bird netting too, I had a couple of small tomatoes ruined by birdie beaks. Early on there were a couple of nice peppers and a few Juliet (grape) tomatoes – but the hail damaged many plants so might not get any Black Krim tomatoes. I’ve thrown old basil seed around and still had it come up. Don’t give up yet;-]