While some animals, especially pollinators, have been long been encouraged into the orchard, there is certainly a history of discouraging birds from orchards. As birds are known to perch in orchard trees and eat the fruit, this is understandble from a contemporary economic viewpoint. In the 1685 text by a Lover of Planting there is a discussion of cutting a crow's body into pieces and scattering it about the orchard as a way to deter other crows. The author discusses ways to deter other "annoyances", but the real gem in this information is a listing of species common to orchards of 300+ years ago.
Birds are still detered from commercial orchards but are increasingly encouraged into traditional orchards. These orchards provide necessary homes for birds, and across North America and Europe many orchardists build bird boxes and provide nest building materials as a way to welcome these winged creatures, as they play an intregral role in orchard biodiversity.
Some birds you may find in an orchard include:
Crows
Tits
Thrushes
Finches
Flycatchers
Woodpeckers
Blackcaps
Magpies
Yellowhammers
Linnets
Blackbirds
Jackdaws
Starlings
Jays
Wagtails
Creepers
Hawks
Pigeons
Owls
Warlblers
Buntings
Falcons
Hobbys
Hoopoe
Wryneck
Buzzard
Redwings
Doves
Pheasants
Grouse
Chickens
Orioles