Question: How to trick birds so they ignore your strawberries?
Option 0: Paint small rocks, about the size of strawberries, green and white to resemble unripe fruit, and display them early in the season round the base of your strawberry plants. The birds will try to peck at these "stony" strawberries, and quickly decide there is nothing delicious here and will not return.
Option 1: Paint small rocks, about the size of strawberries, red and display them early in the season round the base of your strawberry plants. The birds will try to peck at these "stony" strawberries, and quickly decide there is nothing delicious here and will not return.
Answer: 1