Two thirds for the birds

Or one third? Well, a lot anyway. This year so many starlings are around at this time of the year and the early cherries are ripe. There is a massacre. Red sugar sweet juice dripping down on leaves and ground. Hands get sticky.
But I remember once the starlings massacred a calamity of caterpillars, Erannis defoliaria, in a cherry tree, too. So there is good and bad close together, as always.
And they do not care about waiting time. This year I sprayed the cherry trees for the first time since a long, long time. Last year the "worms" of fruit flies appeared in such numbers, that there was a total loss. And the years before the cherries were infested, too. So ecology yes, but always pay the price.....

sigh
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are you a biologist? or naturalist?
Ick bin der Bernd
Und steh am Grill.....handshake
Are there any mousebirds in your area? They will want a 90% share of your crop.

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Ich bin ein kaputlaugh
Sounds like heaven. I would love to have a cherry orchard. Regard urself very lucky.
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