When you have blueberries to protect, any method may be considered. Here is one I have not thought of–UGA’s blueberry specialist Scott NeSmith is using a dancing tube man more commonly seen at car dealerships to grab attention to scare away birds from his precious variety trials. Early in the season the bushes only have a few berries, which means that hungry birds could decimate this year’s trial bushes. You can read more from Sharon Dowdy at Online Athens at https://www.onlineathens.com/news/20180728/dancing-inflatable-tube-man-helps-to-keep-birds-off-of-ugas-research-blueberries.
