Not a single summer cottage or garden is complete without birds - beautiful creatures that constantly chirp, fluttering on tree branches. However, every gardener knows that birds are actually a big problem, since with the arrival of autumn these cute “singers” turn into real predators that damage the crop. They especially like ripe berries and tree fruits, for example, cherries, cherries and other “delicacies”. Therefore, any summer resident simply needs to create certain conditions in order to preserve their labors in the form of a whole harvest. Let's see what methods are available to scare away birds.

There are many ways to combat birds. The most popular include:

• Imitation of a predator (scarecrow, scream, loud noises);
• Use of special devices (ultrasound, water irrigation, bright flashes);
• Fencing from the site (barbed wire, mesh, etc.);
• Sanding trees (or applying stain);
• Blocking bird nesting areas.

The most common way to scare away birds is with a scarecrow. As a rule, it resembles a human form and is easy to make with your own hands. For this you will need:

1. Old clothes;
2. Straw;
3. Logs or boards;
4. Cotton wool;
5. Pillows;
6. Hammer, nails.

In addition, you can use other materials at hand, such as tin cans, CDs, mirrors, foil and other shiny objects. Connect the wooden sticks crosswise, secure them in the middle with a nail and wrap the cross with tape or rope. Then put on the “head” of the stuffed animal, having previously prepared it in the form of a pillow with hay. Next, proceed to the torso. To do this, you will need old clothes: a jacket with trousers or a dress. Finally, you can decorate the scarecrow with a hat or other elements of your choice.

Gardening stores sell special nets that summer residents actively use to scare away birds. To do this, a net is thrown over a tree or bush, thereby protecting the fruits from hungry predators. In addition, you can deceive the birds with the help of an ordinary fur hat, which is placed on a tree branch. Surprisingly, birds are afraid of this, mistaking the headdress for a fluffy cat.

Perhaps the most effective method of combating bird pests is the use of special devices that imitate the cries of birds, warning them of danger. Today this is the most humane way to scare away birds. Summer residents often use special devices that create ultrasound or a bright flash - they are absolutely harmless to humans, but they bring great discomfort to birds, which forces them to leave the territory. There are gas guns that create a loud bang, which birds also do not like. The listed devices are effective in pest control, but are not the cheapest option. In addition, birds have the ability to “adapt” to all conditions, which reduces the effectiveness of all waste.

If the birds have already settled on your site for a long time and built a nest there, all of the above methods will be absolutely useless. For example, pigeons and sparrows love “secluded” places, so you need to conduct preventive work. Particular attention should be paid to the attic, roof, shed and close all existing cracks and niches.

Now, your knowledge has been expanded on the topic of how to deal with clever birds that so mercilessly spoil the harvest. Use one or another method, alternating them or doing it comprehensively. If you cannot decide which method to use, start small - get a pet, birds are very afraid of cats and dogs.

A scarecrow in the garden can scare away birds and bring horror to the gardeners themselves, or it can be a cute, but spinning, jangling and sparkling creature. It all depends on whether you have the desire and time to create, or whether you just need to quickly make at least something from available material so that finally these nasty birds don’t spoil the harvest.

Birds that destroy crops are, for the most part, smart people, or over time they get used to a solitary scarecrow that does not cause fear. To prevent birds from ceasing to fear the scarecrow, you can:

First, stick or attach many different glare objects to it, be it pieces of mirrors, sparkles, tinsel, CDs, etc. At a certain angle (and they will all be glued randomly), some object will still glare at the bird and This will clearly alarm her.

Secondly, you can attach something moving or rotating. It would be absolutely wonderful if the scarecrow made some sounds. As a rule, such a structure moves with the wind, and at the same time its components rattle and ring in the form of empty beer cans, bottles, etc. “Wind music” is often attached to the scarecrow.

What to make a scarecrow for the garden from

For the simplest structures, two sticks fastened with a cross and some kind of old clothes, to put it on these very sticks, thereby making it look like a person. The role of the head in this case is usually played by a bucket with a hat on it.

If you want to create a cute scarecrow that will please your eyes and the eyes of your neighbors, and God forbid, scare the birds, then you will need a different set of materials. In practice, it will be a fabric doll stuffed with straw. But the most important thing is to remember its role in the garden, so something should shine and move on it.

Making such a doll will not be difficult, the main thing is desire. And these photos can help you create your masterpiece.

Scarecrow for the garden photo

In summer, birds fly to gardens; they not only collect insect larvae. worms and caterpillars. Summer residents are faced with the problem of feathered thieves who are not averse to eating ripe berries, fruits and seeds.

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There are several ways to combat bird infestations.

Install a “scarecrow” in your garden plot.

At first, this will work and starlings, sparrows, and other birds will be afraid and leave the trees alone for a while.

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But over time, they get used to the motionless guard and begin to eat the fruits.

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Only the mesh provides a full guarantee

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Dealing with feathered delicacies is not easy: they are inventive and resourceful.

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Bird repeller discs

The next method is based on the fear of birds, their fear of sparkling and shiny objects. You will need a high pole - higher than the tree. At the end of the pole, hang computer disks on a thin string.

You can make a turntable from computer disks. They spin in the wind and sparkle in the sun.

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You can create crafts from disks

They will decorate your site, and you will combine the useful and the beautiful!

Birds are frightened by an incomprehensible object and do not even come close to this area.

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Some summer residents save the cherry harvest with the help of New Year's rain.

They hang them on the branches of a fruit tree - there is always some kind of breeze, this rain sparkles all the time.

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The same role is played by children's turntables made of shiny materials.

Stretch a rope over a bed of strawberries and tie strips of foil or rain onto it - it will flutter in the wind and scare away the birds. Simple and inexpensive.

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You can add objects that make sound to sparkles

(tin cans made of thin tin).

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They are tied to a tree in garden plot. Under the influence of the wind, the foil and rain flutter and create a sparkling effect, and the cans make a rattling sound, which scares the birds.

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You can wrap tree branches with foil and other reflective items.

When exposed to light and wind, the foil reflects the light and scares the birds. In this way, they do not touch the fruits of the trees in the garden.

You can secure shiny objects using all available means available in the house: insulating tape, laces, rope.

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An excellent pinwheel is made from a plastic bottle with blades cut out of it.

It glitters and makes noise in the wind. Place it on a stake or branch.

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Another method: you can save the harvest from birds using ordinary threads!

Try regular size 10 thread. White or black threads tend to panic birds. The nature of this phenomenon is unknown, but it is assumed that the stretched threads are similar to snares, so the birds shy away from them.

Scientists conducted the following experiment: Threads were stretched crosswise over a crow's nest. The most effective colors were white and black. Thread size No. 10. The crows were unable to return to the nests where such threads were stretched.Moreover, for some reason the birds did not pay attention to the twine.

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Fake owls and helium balloons can be a good help in the fight against birds.

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There is another way - cut the onion and hang it between the branches of a cherry or cherry tree.

One of the summer residents claims that birds cannot stand the smell of onions.

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Another way from the gardener: fasten an old fur hat on the upper branches

- To birds she resembles a cat.

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Use of newspapers

This is another one good way to get rid of birds, wrap the plants so that the newspaper rustles in the wind. This is a cheap and environmentally friendly option.

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Have a great harvest!

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With all our love for birds, there are places and situations when their presence is undesirable. These are airfields and garden plots where birds mercilessly destroy lovingly grown, long-awaited crops.

Various ways are being invented to scare away birds, and they all work with varying degrees of success. You can make some easy-to-make bird repellent devices with your own hands.

We will try to briefly talk about how to scare birds away from a garden plot, about different types of repellers, their benefits, rules of use, cost, and we will give an example of making several options for simple designs of homemade repellers.

Bird repellents

Let's consider the main means of repelling birds in the country:

Modern means of protection

Modern industry offers bird repellents that can humanely drive birds away. They are allowed to be used in Russia:

• Bioacoustic devices, usually equipped with a sensor. These devices imitate bird calls or calls that warn of danger. When birds appear within the radius to which the sensor is sensitive, the calls of a predator (hawk, falcon, owl) are reproduced. Such devices are successfully used at airfields, oil platforms, landfills, landfills. Sometimes they are used indoors - in hangars, storage facilities, and warehouses. Bioacoustic devices are mobile and operate within a radius of half a kilometer. The cost of acoustic bird repellents is quite high. Purchasing them for a summer residence will most likely not be profitable;
• Ultrasonic repellers most in demand today among gardeners. Not only birds cannot tolerate ultrasound, but also birds, whose presence on the site is also undesirable. Having caught the vibrations of the sound, they try to leave this place;
• Gas guns are good at scaring away birds.. Birds do not like loud sounds; they fly away from them.

How to make a bird repeller

Consider the option of making a simple repeller from an ordinary plastic bottle.
For production you will need:

• Plastic bottle 0.5 l, more is possible, as you like;
• Felt pen;
• Scissors;
• Strong wire;
• Foil;
• Tripod stick.

Sequencing:

1. Using a felt-tip pen, draw 4 vertical lines on the bottle at equal distances (for example, every 1.5 cm). Add horizontal lines to the vertical lines on both sides of the bottle. It should work out 4 letters "WITH". this is how we design future pinwheel blades;

1. We cut out the marked lines with scissors. We bend the cut out parts of the bottle outward. We get the turntable blades. We glue strips of foil to them to scare the birds;
2. We thread a wire through the bottle cap. We fix one end of it at the bottom of the bottle, the other end of the wire is inserted into the stick that we prepared for installing the repeller;
3. We install the turntable in a pre-selected place in the garden. The wind will spin the turntable, the foil will develop and shine, thereby scaring away the birds from the area.

A popular homemade bird repellent among summer residents is a discus ball - an old ball covered with pieces of discs.

The ball can also be made from papier-mâché. It is best when there are several such balls. Swinging in the wind, they frighten birds with their shine.

You can also make a stuffed animal with your own hands. For example, in the form bird of prey. You can sew a stuffed animal from multi-colored or plain scraps of fabric, glue the feathers of a “real” bird to it, and make big, scary eyes.

Note! Use blue color when creating a garden scarecrow. Of the entire color palette, it is this color that birds (especially sparrows and starlings) fear the most.

Bird repeller cost

The choice of crop protection products from birds today is quite large. Every gardener can easily choose a device that suits their criteria.

In specialized stores or on the Internet, you can purchase an inexpensive bioacoustic device (from 2,000 rubles). Estimated prices for repellers: ultrasonic repeller - 1,850 rubles, loudspeaker - 18,200 rubles, bioacoustic - 30,000 rubles.

Before purchasing a repeller, it is advisable to read customer reviews. As a rule, their opinions differ. The choice of the optimal means of protection depends on many factors, including the number of birds on the site, their habits, and favorite nesting places.

The bird repellents described above should be alternated or used in combination. As already mentioned, birds have the ability to adapt to various life situations, so scaring them away is becoming more and more difficult every year.

Prevent birds from nesting in your garden area. Carry out preventive work in advance, paying attention to Special attention roof of the house, attic, etc.

Watch a video on how to properly make a bird repeller with your own hands:

With the onset of summer, owners of summer cottages and gardens approach their beds, berry bushes, and fruit trees with hope, assessing the future harvest. The children eagerly await when grandma's first berry ripens. When the side of a strawberry or cherry is almost glowing, the bird deftly picks up the berry, eating the prey as it goes.

It will not be possible to take back what was stolen. You need to think about protection from pests in advance, before the onset of the berry season. To prevent a tasty delicacy from flying away with starlings and blackbirds, you need to know how to make a bird repeller with your own hands from plastic bottles.

The device is universal, inexpensive, humane. Let the advice help those who grew the crop to enjoy the berries. And the birds will remain alive. After harvesting, they will again fly to the gardens to feed on harmful insects.

From childhood we are taught that birds are protectors of gardens. They destroy harmful bark beetles, leaf-eating caterpillars, aphids and other insects that harm vegetable crops, fruits, and trees. However, for some reason no one remembers that useful birds turn out to be dangerous pests, destroying the grown crop if a bird repeller made from a plastic bottle is not installed in the garden.

And this is not the only harmful act committed by birds:

• Nimble gray sparrows quickly notice when fresh lawns are seeded. They immediately appear on the plot as a friendly family and quickly peck the seeds.
• Flocks of birds trampling on the grass damage young, immature lawns.
• Jackdaws love to eat vegetable seeds. They dig up freshly dug beds and look for prey.
• Crows, starlings, and pigeons are not at all afraid of human proximity. Given the opportunity, they are not averse to flying onto the balcony, into a gazebo in the country, stealing something edible or crap on the table or other garden furniture.
• Sometimes birds like to land on film greenhouses to rest. Flying up, they tear the film with their claws.

Making a bird repeller from a plastic bottle with your own hands

For many years, homemade scarecrows have been used in gardens to scare away birds, shiny disks have been hung, and magnetic film from cassettes has been stretched.

Modern “Kulibins” have figured out how to make a bird repeller from a plastic bottle.

The simplest and most successful example was demonstrated by the hosts of the program “While Everyone is Home.” Timur Kizyakov and his engineer friend Andrei Bakhmetyev in a matter of minutes made a device that conquered the world and saved crops. Their experience is worthy of study.

Sequence of actions step by step

Before you learn how to make a bird repeller from a bottle, you need to prepare materials and tools.

To work you will need:

• plastic bottle;
• pieces of foil;
• scotch;
• knife-cutter;
• small washer;
• glue or liquid nails;
• felt-tip pen;
• a piece of thick wire;
• stick holder.

We begin to assemble a bird repeller with our own hands from plastic bottles according to the instructions:

1. Drill a hole in the lid and bottom, placing them opposite each other. The diameter must be such that the prepared wire or electrode can pass freely.
2. Make markings for future blades with a felt-tip pen. Divide the surface vertically into four parts, draw straight lines. Add two horizontal lines to each vertical line to make four “C” letters.
3. Make slits along the marked stripes with a knife. The result is 4 blade doors that open outward.
4. Glue a washer onto the wire at a distance of 1 cm from the end.
5. Place the wire into the bottle, guiding it into the hole made in the bottom. The washer holds the bottle, spins, and does not fall down.
6. Screw the lid on, passing the second end of the wire into the hole.
7. To frighten birds, you can glue pieces of shiny foil to the blades.
8. If the length of the wire is at least 1 m, then the repeller can be mounted on it. If you don’t have a long steel wire at home, it is recommended to attach the finished product to a stick.

It's time to take the device out into the garden and test it in practice. Even a small breeze will spin it, which means the task is completed.

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Conclusion

A do-it-yourself bird repeller made from plastic liter or one and a half liter bottles is the simplest means of helping to preserve the harvest and drive away uninvited guests from the site.

It is installed for times when protection is required. In autumn, rooks, sparrows, tits and pigeons will return to the gardens, sing songs, and destroy real pests.