As challenging as it can be to keep up with wine for your thirsty dinner guests, it’s even more of a challenge to protect wine grapes from hungry birds in the first place! Protecting your vines can be a full-time job, leaving little time to tend to your grapes or to enjoy the final product. Thankfully, there are many different bird control methods to eliminate birds and help you grow your grapes in peace.
Bird Netting
Netting is one of the oldest and most common bird control methods. Bird netting may not be pleasing to the eye, but it sure does get the job done. Netting can be effective for protecting a variety of crops but it has its downfalls when it comes to protecting wine grapes, such as:
- Inhibiting proper grape growth patterns
- Potentially damaging to the grapes themselves
- Not effective with all species of birds
- Impacting the quality of the fruit
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Utilizing Irritating Sounds
Sound deterrents make use of bird instincts to try and scare them away. When birds hear distressed bird calls, their natural instinct is to flee from the area. Since birds can hear sounds at the same range as humans, the noises must be supersonic in order for the noises to be effective. These devices have been found to be effective on vineyards but have negative factors that include:
- Birds become habituated to the sound
- Costly equipment
- Doesn’t work for every species of bird
- Irritating to other animals
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Visual Deterrents
Predator replicas and intimidating visuals can be useful when trying to prevent pest bird infestation. Visual deterrent products are easy to install and are a great way to reduce pest birds without going over budget. Visual deterrents have their advantages but keep the following in mind:
- Most effective if used in conjunction with another bird deterrent tactic
- Reaction from birds is temporary
- Must be moved often, requiring constant maintenance
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