http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-berry30.html
The farmer's quotes are awesome:
"I was devastated," Carlick, 54, said Wednesday. "It appears the netting was not really strong enough and one of the birds simply barged into it. It was my own fault. I just underestimated the strength of the pigeons and how smart they are."
Never underestimate the strength of pigeons, especially one that has been enticed by a steroid-enhanced blueberry the size of a human head. If I was this guy, I would have just painted a basketball blue and presented it to the Royal Horticulture dude in charge of verifying fruit girth. One has to wonder--was there a blueberry growing archrival out there somewhere, chuckling with glee, pleased with his sinister plan to hire a "hit pigeon" to eliminate the competition? Those Brits, they are a sneaky lot and they know their pigeons.
