Abstract: A bird-deterring apparatus for protecting agricultural crops and other areas from marauding birds and/or other pests comprises one or more supports for holding a wire or other elongated member in a taut condition over the area being protected. Preferably, the support system comprises at least two nominally upright support columns in a spaced apart relationship spanning the area to be protected and a predetermined number of wires tautly secured between these columns. Noise-making containers including, in the preferred embodiment, metal pellets and glass shards are flexible suspended from the taut wires at selected intervals. A system for moving the taut wires preferably in a sudden manner to shake or rattle noise-making containers is provided.

Abstract: This invention is a bird-deterring apparatus for protecting agricultural crops and other areas from marauding birds, and/or other pests. The apparatus comprises one or more supports for holding a wire or other elongated member in a taut condition over the area being protected. Preferably, the support system comprises at least two nominally upright support columns in a spaced apart relationship spanning the area to be protected and a predetermined number of wires tautly secured between these columns. Noise-making containers including, in the preferred embodiment, metal pellets and glass shards are flexibly suspended from the taut wires at selected intervals. A system for moving the taut wires preferably in a sudden manner to shake or rattle noise-making containers is provided.