Black birds picking my moss off

[jamesocallaghan]

Hi all, has anyone got any tips on stopping black birds picking at my moss on my bonsai plants, I've tried spraying my pots and plants with lime sulpher(make my back yard stink) and hung cd's off my tress and they seem to be defeating me at the minute, if anyone has a nother solution that would stop me feeling defeated .

[shibui]

I cut mesh to lay over the pots. Does not look great gut certainly stops the blackbirds.

[Phil Rabl]

I have trained my Blackbirds to just stand and admire the trees: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=28796&start=75

[treeman]

All Blackbirds need to die.

[Watto]

I've used Possoff and it works.

[shibui]

All Blackbirds need to die.

My thoughts exactly but convincing them has been much harder. I have a number of lethal solutions which sees off a few each year but the more I try the more cunning they get.

[damienw133]

Although i'm talking from more of a moss garden perspective than bonsai, i use black bird netting to keep the birdies from ripping up the moss. If you can get the stuff with 5mm or so squares its extremely hard to see unless you're looking for it up close....if you've got long enough moss it'll poke through it nicely too.

You can see some it in this pic

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[jamesocallaghan]

Thanks for some new methods i might try the mesh, can I be as rude to ask were to get it the mesh?

[shibui]

Use whatever you have access to or what you like the look of or what you can cut and shape to the required size.

Bird net from most hardware stores and nurseries in big sheets. - https://www.bunnings.com.au/cyclone-2-5 ... t_p0331907
Weldmesh in sheets or wire netting in rolls from most hardware stores. Lot's of different sizes and thickeness - https://www.bunnings.com.au/products/ga ... /wire-mesh
Plastic mesh from hardware stores or garden supplies.- https://www.bunnings.com.au/products/ga ... ic-trellis

[jamesocallaghan]

Thanks for the feed back for all and hopefully I can concentrate on other things.