hard one that, but maybe you may have to consider wire type netting set up of a more permanent nature and keep the trees pruned to that size. other ideas that may help buy a rubber replica of a carpet snake and place these in the trees remember to keep moving the decoy but also those wooden bird effigies that flap up and down you know the ones get one painted like a hawk or eagle hang these around the garden but again keep moving them. just some ideas that might give rise to a solution of sorts.

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Thanks Len. Seems permanent wire netting is the only sure solution, but it would not look pretty in the backyard and may cost a bit. The decoys, especially the flapping hawk would be what I will try next.

hi we have quite a few fruit trees and always have lots of birds and we have pruned our trees to a manageable size and have put about 4 or5 stakes (long ones)around them and attached plastic water pipe (like on watering systems) up and over the top sort of like obelisks then attached bird netting over right down to the ground and secured it with small metal pegs , a bit of work but we get the fruit now not the parrots hope this helps a bit
lorraine

yes anything permanent can look out of place to say the least, another thought have you tried bagging the fruit? i have used those brown paper lunch packets to effect saving mangoes from bats, there are bags especially made for the purpose they would be reusable no doubt check the produce agency i have seen them mentioned i think in these forums maybe cornucopia. we had some success with wine bladders infalted slightly (they expand in the hot sun) kept the black faced cuckoos & fig birds at bay and for a while at least the common coel, didn't get any visits from bats this year. if you need help creating empty wine bladders just let me know i have some experience in that quarter lol.

my thought up here is that the stones, figs and apples etc.,. are too much work so going to concentrate on the citrus and other varieties i've yet to plant, can get control over fruit fly but got something like 6 or 8 types of birds + bats (not hordes like in the city but enough) to contend with and some are very sneeky.

len

Hi Tengak,
Lorikeets are good feeders and the more food you supply the more they come to your garden.Recent wildlife show / doc showed how the warming weather patterns, more people growing tropical plants, fruit plants in the south have helped build the numbers of birds and hench your problem.We thought that we were the only ones that had problems with Lorikeets etc. Neighbours 2 cocus palms supports a family of scaly breated lorikeets during the day and a possum family at night. We are happy for this as they eat and clean up all the mess created by the cocus, the birds entertain us during the day and the possums fight for the fruit at night. Free entertainment. Good luck. Peter r