Birds for sure. Early bird gets the berries!

Yes but as far as fruit is concerned they aren't nearly attractive to birds as cherries are. I've had blueberries sit on my small bushes for weeks without anything touching them.

Wow! Any reason you aren't eating them? Ours got eaten by the birds so fast! They left one, and hubby and I split it. LOL! We decided in California's drought not to waste water on them, so we grow other fruits now.

I was thinking of planting them as foundation plantings infront od my house becuase they have very pretty fall color.

Make sure you pick the right varieties for cross pollination and height. Not all of them are at the same height.

It kind of depends on when the blueberries ripen. At certain times of the year, birds will clean the blueberry plants of their fruit but if the blueberries ripen later in the season, in my area of the country, then the berries may just hang there until the dry up and fall off.

Birds are not interested in green blueberries, but when they turn blue, cardinals will seek them out. I have also seen robins in our shrubs, and I suspect that cedar waxwings would be taking some, however we don't have any of these birds around when the fruit ripens. Squirrels are not interested, but ground squirrels, chipmunks, or gophers might be. Our shrubs are damaged by rabbit browsing over the winter months, when there is little else for them to eat.

>>What animals will eat blueberries if you don't protect or pick them<<

That all depends on what other food source is around for birds,...something more interesting then blueberries then nothing will bother them.

>>Birds are not interested in green blueberries<<

I wouldn't totally agree, if nothing else is around then they take any berries, even green!

Have seen Cedar Waxwings taking green cherries and green honey berries.

We see cedar waxwings here in Madison, for a few days in the spring. They feast on the hackberry trees that live along the shoreline of Lake Monona. They they leave, and I always wondered where they went. Thanks for posting this photo.

Raccoons or 'possums also like them here, but it's hard to tell which it is that I'm hearing :D It could be both. I think they must like any fruit. I used to have a big problem with chipmunks (and squirrels for the blackberries), but now I have big enough black snakes around that they don't bother my fruit in those snake-patrolled areas!

I saw sqirrels eat my blueberries in my yard but birds are the biggest problem for my blueberries.

Konrad, thank you for the pictures. It brightens the day. We still have snow on the ground. Your pictures help me look forward to spring!

Everything! Birds, rabbits, possums, raccoons, bears... A tip for Birds: years ago I went for a cruise in the meditteranean and noticed out by the pool they had something over the pool and asked about it... the cabana guy said it was a strand of fishing line, to keep the gulls away so they didn't poop on everything. My 3rd year with 12 rabbiteye blue berries (climax/tifblue) I went from 30 gallons of berries to about 10 due to bird loss. So I strung 2 strands of mono philament fishing line above them anchored to bamboo posts on both sides... the birds will not go near it! Not sure if they are afraid of getting tangled or why... cheap and easier than bird nets! Now if I could just get rid of the rabbits!

"Everything! Birds, rabbits, possums, raccoons, bears..."

And don't forget deer! Blueberry farms around me need tall deer fencing to protect their crops.

Hahaha!

Konrad, your photos are exquisite!

Here in South Carolina, the only thing that on my 20 blueberry plants are bees.

Like Konrad said, the birds eat the wild cherry fruit, deer eat blackberry plants & garden crops.

I have a few rabbits, but few other wild animals.

I just put in 75 rabbit eye blue berry plants, so this may change in a year or so.

The plants are Brite Blue, Woodard, Southland.

They were bare root, so it may be 4 years before they are in full production.