DIY Limb Spreaders

[bushdoctor82]

I have noticed that with these limbs tied down to a horizontal position, I have made a perfect perch for those pesky cat birds. They normally don't land in my fig trees very often but I have seen them much more now on this tree since they have this nice perch. I put an arrow on the first pic to show where this fig in the second pic is located. I guess i need some organza bags.

My point is that if you decide to tie your branches down like this, you might attract more birds.

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The only thing that ever worked to get rid of catbirds in my yard was the mockingbirds moving in - now I’m stuck with them attacking everything and everyone around. It would be ideal if a non-fruit eating bully chases them out, but blue jays just don’t have the gumption to do so.

 

[ETXfigs]

The only thing that ever worked to get rid of catbirds in my yard was the mockingbirds moving in - now I’m stuck with them attacking everything and everyone around. It would be ideal if a non-fruit eating bully chases them out, but blue jays just don’t have the gumption to do so.

It's strange that the cat birds don't eat the blue berries. I see them land in the blueberry bushes and then just fly off. When I had ripe wild blackberries they were feasting on them. I don't even think they would have noticed that fig, if I wouldn't have tied that branch down. When all the other figs start ripening it maybe a different story. I think them birds are going to become a problem. The only other birds I think might be a problem is Robins but they are not as aggressive and obnoxious as cat birds. In my younger years I would have taken care of them with my pellet gun, but I have since changed my ways.