Aside from his poetry, which was a life-long obsession, he was in turn a thresher, bird-scarer, plough boy, pot scourer and gardener.
From the economist.com
Quiet it was, just the chatter of crows, until we jumped out of our Gortex when a bird scarer banged off right by the footpath.
From the gazetteherald.co.uk
But there it is, in a different world, the country atmosphere underlined by the occasional bang of the bird-scarer guns keeping the vines unmolested.
From the nzherald.co.nz
I am the chief bird scarer and when blackie thinks the raspberries are ripe he kicks up such a clucking fuss, that i know it is time to gt picking and get scaring.