As soon as the site begin to ripen berries, first of all, a sweet cherry and strawberries, then immediately appear to begin the harvest of pest birds. In order to protect the harvest from them, you have to use special means. First of all, all sorts of scaremen. One thing, and very effective, you can easily make with your own hands from a conventional plastic bottle.
What will take: Plastic bottle 2 liters, tape, foam rubber or foam, pins, self-tapping screws, cap from air conditioner for washing
The first stage of work is reduced to creating wings of a plastic sheet obtained from a bottle. The essence is to simulate feathers that will crack and break in the wind. To do this, you will first have to make a template on rigid paper or cardboard, and then cut the part from the plastic bottle. If there is no tendency to drawing, then ready-made templates for bird wings under scarecrow can be found in the Internet.
A whole bottle is used to imitate the body of prey birds. It is attached to the base for the pole made from the neck of another bottle. You can connect two parts using conventional tape or suitable glue. Since plastic bottles do not have stiffeners, then under each part it is recommended to put a foam or trimming of the insulation for pipes.
The head of a bird of prey for frightening can be made of a pre-cooked cap from the air conditioner. In its end, a hole is made, and in turn it is inserted not to the end cut along the segment of the hose or tube with a length of about 5 cm. It is recommended to draw on the cover of the eye with the help of ferrous paint.
Now it remains only to fix the wings cut at the very beginning. They are attached to the "body" with the help of a scotch or a tape. It is necessary to thoroughly rewind all parts. The final barcode of assembly - the installation frightened on the pole.
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