Term: Bird
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Birds can be great helpers in the garden when they eat insects and weed seeds, but sometimes they get greedy for the good stuff. Fruit trees should be protected with netting, and ears of corn can be shielded by using a paper bag over each one. The ubiquitous scarecrow may work for a few days, but don’t expect to fool a hungry mama bird scoping a meal for her babies for long. Noisemakers and visual scares that move in the wind can also work, but just for a while.