How do I stop a bird from digging in my flower pot?

I have sprinkled cayenne pepper in it, and placed rocks on top (which only caused the dirt to mold and I had to re-pot and plant new flowers) I don't want to put a net over it, as this eliminates all the benefits of a pretty flower pot! This has been occurring over the course of 3 weeks! It's the only one disturbed. The bird destroyed all of the primroses planted in the pot.

How do I stop a bird from digging in my flower pot?
my mother fixed this problem by placing plastic forks in the flower pots. she pushed the handle into the soil deep enough the tines didn't poke over the flowers but shallow enough the tines didn't give the birds a place to land. 3 or more forks should do it, depending on the size of the pot. she placed bells over the hanging baskets so they would jingle when the birds tried to fly in. that worked ok too.
Reply:Are you sure its a bird and not a squirrel? We have squirrels which bury nuts in all my flower pots and I get a bunch of little nut trees coming up in all of them. Blue jays bury nuts also. Have you seen the bird? I have to put netting over mine, that is the only way. You can buy black plastic netting and it doesn't look too bad, if you tie it on neatly. Sorry, that's probably the only thing that will work.
Reply:If your plant is strong enough, place some small strips of foil around i.
Reply:I would probably get a cat or a dog.
Reply:put a stick in the pot and a ribbon tied on the top[like a flag] or something that will move in a slight breeze


birds are afraid on stuff that moves
Reply:Get a cat or hang a windchime on it ! I
Reply:Take a few strips of aluminum foil, and tack them in the area. The wind will blow them around, and the sun will shine off them. that will create a threat to the birds, they should leave you alone after that!! You should only have to do that for for a week or two. Regards-Bob.