Growing fruit trees is not that hard, but keeping birds away from your fruit like cherries is very hard. So I've tried a few things to keep birds away, the only two ways that worked was using a net and a fake owl. The only way to prevent birds is to use a airhorn but my neighbors wouldn't like that. So when i used the net, the birds still found away to get under the net, but still prevented the cherry tree from being devoured.
Now using the fake owl i decided to get the owl that moves his head. So far it works very good, the head moves when the wind blows, and it seems life like when you have it beside the tree. I can see less birds in the area, and i haven't seen a squirrel or rabbit in my backyard since I added the owl.
The fake owl works, place it beside the fruit tree or garden that you want to protect. I have my fake owl placed high enough beside my cherry tree that it looks like it's sitting on a branch. If your looking to buy one they are very cheap, and walmart ships directly to your house.
Walmart : ROTATING HEAD OWL SCARECROW DEVICE
