Ideally we need that overabundance in fruit trees for nature's sake. I have most of my fruit trees protected from birds while fruiting, now because we're the only place in the neighborhood that grows anything edible. It wouldn't be an issue to lose some of the higher fruit to birds, if there were plenty of trees around for them to access. An organic apple farm I once helped at has acres of trees, so they let their trees get a bit tall for hand picking, then the birds can have the top ones and there are no issues with them taking everything. We still need the birds for keeping pest insects under control, so abundance is perfect for that balance and for us to still get something.

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