Green, it sounds like birds to me… And isn’t it nice how they’ll pick a bit on several apples before finding the best..? The only thing that saves my apples (and pears) is that the birds prefer my seedless table grapes - which they’ve nearly devoured!

I suppose netting works best, though I don’t. Nettings’s too difficult to get up an over my trees, and even more difficult to get off – same with my grape trellises, with the vines trained high and out of reach of the deer – though the raccoons have no problem… It’s a battle!

I’ve sat plastic ‘Great Horned’ owl decoys on posts, even hung them in the trellises and trees but I suspect that ‘may work’ for about a day. And unfortunately, my birds prefer my grapes a week or so before I think they’re fully ripe.

As for the apples, much of the time it’s ‘my fault.’ They’re ready to eat and I just haven’t got around to picking them. Leaving some on the ground (before the deer find them) only seems to feed the voles, the birds prefer the trees, generally the higest apples – which I don’t always mind them getting as I’m generally risking my neck to pick them.

The local wineries around me (in Yamhill Co.) have been ‘blasting’ their propane cannons for weeks now… though I’ve watched flocks of birds ignore them. And you can’t get away with any of those… It seems I’ve heard of placing ‘decoy’ fruit in the trees, though I never have (too many trees). Something bright red – yet solid, to where their first peck may actually hurt! I’ve seen people dangle or hang reflective strips in blueberries and above strawberries; that may work inside your trees?

Sorry, that’s the extent of my suggestions… if there really were any..? I have noticed that the larger and denser my trees get the more fruit survive, but that can take years. ...On the other hand - smaller trees would be far easier to net " title="Wink" />