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Here are a few suggestions:
Try setting out containers of water so that the birds can have a drink, instead of trying to get juice from the tomatoes. This often works well with strawberries and other fruits also.
Sometimes, fine black thread stretched over the plants will work. The birds fly into the thread and frighten themselves.
Ornamental owls placed here and there in the garden often deter birds. The owls should be moved occasionally so that the birds do not get accustomed to them sitting in the same spot all the time. Aluminum pie plates suspended with a piece of string so that they flutter in the breeze sometimes works.
Supplying the birds with suet, sunflowers seeds, bread crumbs or any other bird feed helps if the birds are hungry. Salty foods should not be used. Even though birds are a nuisance when they eat our crops, they also consume a large amount of weed seeds and harmful insects which makes them beneficial to our gardens.
Chicken wire or nylon netting may be a last resort. Make a portable wooden frame, set it over the tomato plants and place the netting or wire over the frame.
