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Scarecrow and nets

Scarecrow and nets

Growers protect their ripe grapes from birds by enclosing the ripening vines in nets. The scarecrow is there to attract tourists rather than scare off birds.

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Natural Sciences Image Library of New Zealand
Reference: Ho24088Rbt.tif
Photograph by G. R. Roberts

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Maggy Wassilieff. 'Viticulture', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Mar-09
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/viticulture/5/3