I put out some rubber snakes to try and keep the robins off of my aronia this year. The robins would perch right in front of them to eat the berries, as if laughing at my attempts to dissuade them. I often wonder about baiting a mouse trap with blueberries or cherries, to see what would happen. I'm such a softie, never tried it, but sometimes I still dream about ways of moving the robins out. I tried spraying with grape koolaid this year, supposed to repel birds. It may have worked for a few hours. The robins do a lot of damage. I've noticed they will chortle to each other while eating my small fruit. "Hmmm, that was a nice one, I think I'll try another, chortle, what do you think? try one of these"
&%#@ rats with wings!
I'm hoping to find a realistic looking cat toy or sculpture for the garden. Robins around here hate cats and will screech at them from high up in the trees for hours.
