A scarecrow is a Mannequin, generally made of a reinforcement of Bois or of Osier and covered with let us haillons so as to resemble a human being, which one draws up in a Jardin or a field to frighten the Oiseau X and to thus prevent them from devouring the Graine S and the Fruit S. For the birds, the scarecrow was sometimes a driving bolt, sometimes a perch.

In fact, they frighten the youngest birds, but oldest only a few hours put to include/understand, at least for the species more intelligent.

Used a long time by the farmers, as well in the East as in occident, the modern farmers have from now on recourse to more effective subterfuges.

Type of scarecrow

Other devices are called scarecrows. When the raptors are predatory species, an image of those, which can be fixed on a balloon at Hélium or a Cerf-volant. For the gardens, one finds on the trade of the models in three dimensions which represent is a cat, an owl or a snake. The scarecrow of Markgren

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