Yep, the persimmon usually gets much of the fruit wrecked by birds, however it also has plenty more to share. Very abundant!

Around here we get Jays, which do pretty much the same thing to the persimmon trees, but not as nimble and clever as these mousebirds appear to be.

Would you say the mousebirds are excellent climbers? Nets are pretty useless useless against climbers unless all the openings are tightly sealed.