How to prevent birds from stealing the seeds sown? What are the methods commonly used by farmers, and which is more reliable?

For most farmers who are engaged in heavy occupations, when they are smart animals, they will arrange corresponding abilities according to the 24 solar terms. I remember that every year around Tomb-Sweeping Day and Grain Rain, farmers would know how to grow beans or peanuts. However, after sowing these crops, there will be a very headache, that is, some magpies or rabbits like to eat seeds. If we can understand that prevention is not timely, basically crops will suffer in a large area.

Therefore, in order to scare away these birds and small animals, farmers usually insert a scarecrow in the field, which is a relatively common and ancient way. First find two sticks to make a cross, then put on clothes, a hat on your head, and put some straw in, and you will become a scarecrow. Some farmers will hang some metal sheets or plastic sheets on the scarecrow, so that the scarecrow can move with the wind and look like a person moving. And when the wind blows, it may make a noise and scare those birds away. But in fact, this method is not very useful after a long time, because these birds are still smart, and some birds will stop on the scarecrow.

Another useful method is to wrap the feathers of chickens and ducks in soil and scatter them on the ground. After killing chickens and ducks at home, farmers usually leave hair, which is dried and scattered around crops in the spring sowing season. These hairs can prevent birds from stealing food because they are very similar to eagle hairs, so some birds will be afraid after reading them. Moreover, the feathers of chickens and ducks have certain colors, which will spread out under the irradiation of the sun, and birds will be afraid when they see them at high altitude.

Another strange way is to put beer bottles underground. Farmers will hang beer bottles on branches or put them directly on the flat ground. According to experienced people, when the wind blows, beer bottles will make some sounds that humans can't hear, but birds are sensitive to hearing and will be afraid after hearing such sounds, so they quickly fled. Moreover, empty beer bottles will shine brightly in the sun, and birds will be afraid of this blue light and dare not approach.