Protecting Strawberries From Birds

The same type of bird that was eating the leaves off my broccoli last fall is back and this time it is after my ripening strawberries. This bird is so brave that it posed in the strawberry pot while I took this photo. Conveniently one of the magazines that R sent me had a suggestion for putting Christmas ornaments near ripening fruit to confuse predators. I followed used this suggestion and some New Year's Eve streamers for good measure and so far the bird hasn't been back.