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Avitrol 1973, Richard O. Winters Oct 1973

Avitrol 1973, Richard O. Winters

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

The Federal Registration for Avitrol to be used in standing field corn restricts use to application under supervision of Governmental agencies trained in bird control. The majority of current Avitrol labels state, "For use by or under supervision of government agencies or pest control operators. Not for sale to the public." This slight difference has already caused much discussion and the matter isn't resolved yet. There are different interpretations of this statement. Also for crops the material is only registered for field corn. There is a need for the material to be registered for sweet corn and sunflowers, although I …

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Bird Control In Milwaukee : A Case History, Laverne A. Penn Oct 1973

Bird Control In Milwaukee : A Case History, Laverne A. Penn

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

In planning a city-wide pigeon control program, many problems must be considered to conduct such a program safely and efficiently. The City of Milwaukee Health Department has been engaged in some degree of nuisance bird control activity for more than thirty years. Early attempts at bird control consisted of using fireworks, rubber snakes, paper mache owls, and other devices to prevent starling roosting. All met with very limited success and were eventually abandoned. Until the post World War II period, Milwaukee, like most large cities, was plagued by an abundance of homeless pigeons. Pigeons were abundant on downtown streets, commercial …

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Insurance, Gary Missigman Oct 1973

Insurance, Gary Missigman

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

I would like to relate the coverages under your general liability policy to some of the losses that can occur in your business. Specifically, I would like to look at coverages that you should have under your comprehensive general liability policy and how they relate to you on the types of claims that may arise.

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Winter Populations, Robert A. Pierce Oct 1973

Winter Populations, Robert A. Pierce

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

I imagine we in Arkansas have more bird roosts than any other state in the nation. I think we could find 50 bird roosts this winter that have a million or more birds in each of them. Our problem is that we have these birds sitting in the wrong place; and we, along with the Wildlife Services people, have worked pretty hard on developing a technique for moving birds from where there are a lot of people to where there are very few people.

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The Monk Parakeet And New Jersey Agriculture, Charles A. Wagg Oct 1973

The Monk Parakeet And New Jersey Agriculture, Charles A. Wagg

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Parrots and parakeets have been brought into the United States for as long as our sailors have sailed to the distant tropics. In more recent years, the keeping of exotic pets increased to almost fad proportions. The pet shops and importers have kept the United States supplied with a vast array of these species. Among them is the Monk Parakeet. Large numbers of Monk Parakeets have been imported to satisfy the demand for parrot-like birds. The largest percentage of these birds went to pet stores and ultimately ended up in homes as pets. Unfortunately, some of these birds were released …

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O.S.H.A. Review, Travis W. Braun Oct 1973

O.S.H.A. Review, Travis W. Braun

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

A Brief Review of O.S.H.A.: Purpose: "To assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources."

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Hopper Box Treatment Of Corn Seed With Methiocarb For Protecting Sprouts From Birds, Charles R. Ingram, Robert T. Mitchell, Allen R. Stickley Jr. Oct 1973

Hopper Box Treatment Of Corn Seed With Methiocarb For Protecting Sprouts From Birds, Charles R. Ingram, Robert T. Mitchell, Allen R. Stickley Jr.

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Methiocarb [3,5-dimethyl-4-(methylthio)phenol methylcarbamate = R Mesurol1] showed promise as a bird repellent for protecting crops in 1964, when field tests in South Dakota indicated reduced pheasant damage to sprouting corn (West et al., 1969). Stickley and Guarino (1972) then showed marked reduction of blackbird damage to sprouting corn in South Carolina when methiocarb in a water slurry formulation was used as a seed treatment at the 0.5-percent level by weight of seed. Our test, in 1973, was conducted to determine the repellent efficacy of methiocarb on sprouting field corn when the powdered chemical is placed directly in the planter hopper …

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Avitrol, Allen Stickley Oct 1973

Avitrol, Allen Stickley

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Now that Avitrol has been registered for use on field corn, the next step is to get the chemical registered for use on other crops. Two of the most important are sweet corn and sunflowers. Accordingly, personnel at the Bureas of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Sandusky, Ohio field station planted 16 experimental plots each in Sandusky and Ottawa Counties in Ohio this past summer to gather data on the efficacy of Avitrol when used on sweet corn and sunflowers. Of the 16 plots in each county, eight were sunflower plots, eight were corn plots. We applied Avitrol to four of …

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Cowbird Trapping And The Kirtland’S Warbler, Richard O. Winters Oct 1973

Cowbird Trapping And The Kirtland’S Warbler, Richard O. Winters

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

The 1971 census of the Kirtland’s Warbler taken on the warblers nesting grounds in North Central Michigan revealed that the population of this species had dropped to an all-time low of 201 singing males, as compared to 502 in 1961, a drop of some 60 percent in ten years. Breeding birds, furthermore, once found nesting in as many as nine counties during one nesting season returned to nest in only five counties in 1972, at which time the census indicated that the warbler population was remaining temporarily stable at approximately 200 singing males. Since the sex ratio of this species …

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Npca Education Committee, James Steckel Oct 1973

Npca Education Committee, James Steckel

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

The major thrust of the Education Committee results from the rather urgent need to implement interesting programs in which supervisors may train for examination and certification under the qualifications of the pesticide act. While it is not easy at this time to determine what certification is going to be, what supervisors are going to be involved, what kind of examination they are going to have to take, and how the state is going to interpret all of this, we therefore cannot be specific. The wheels are grinding away, and as you know, the timetable is winding down; and we may …

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New Materials And Methods, Jerome F. Besser Oct 1973

New Materials And Methods, Jerome F. Besser

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

I have several short thoughts I would like to share with you. This conference has presented few new methods, but most of you do not need a new method to solve many of the problems you encounter. Some of the old methods, if used with much enthusiasm, will work just as well. One reason that few new methods are being developed is the time taken for the development of old methods. I would like to leave you with one thought, and I think this is particularly urgent in the chemical area. We have been trying to develop chemical agents for …

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Insurance, Mark Weisburger Oct 1973

Insurance, Mark Weisburger

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

We have been working with exterminators on the insurance problems for thirty-five or so years. Recently PCO’s have been doing much in the way of bird control. There does not seem to be anyone that we know of who does strictly bird control insurance, so our group always ties it in with our pest control. I feel that nothing touches everyone so regularly, with the exception of the federal government, as your insurance premiums. I would like to discuss with you the causes and results of accidents and how they can effect insurance premiums.

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Epa Registration And Licensing, Len P. Quattrochi, John R. Beck Oct 1973

Epa Registration And Licensing, Len P. Quattrochi, John R. Beck

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Originally we had the old Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) which involved Health, Education and Welfare, Interior, Food and Drug Administration but was administered by USDA. This has been changed by the passage of the Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act (FEPCA). Now in certain cases you will find that EPA is working through the States under the FEPCA law to develop policy. You will find EPA and the amended FIFRA will play a very important role in your business for several years.

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Legal Requirements And Status Of Protected Bird Species, Richard N. Smith Oct 1973

Legal Requirements And Status Of Protected Bird Species, Richard N. Smith

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Migratory birds found in North America are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which implements migratory bird conventions between the United States and Great Britain and the United States and Mexico. An amendment to the Act in 1972 placed all migratory bird species except for exotic species such as Starlings, Pigeons, and House Sparrows in a protected status. There are sections within the Act that allow for the issuance of permits to take protected species. Those sections that are of the most concern to the pest control operator deal with certain blackbird species that cause agri- cultural crop damage …

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Pricing, John R. Beck Oct 1973

Pricing, John R. Beck

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

I would like to make six points concerning pricing. Number one, there is a great deal of time required in observation. Secondly, there is no such thing as a cheap bird job. Third point: there is no job that is routine. The fourth point: observations are necessary to delineate the species, the type of environment, human interference, the type of job it is going to be, and the needs of that job. The fifth point: bird work cannot be assigned to a person who does not appreciate the need for technical compliance with laws and regulations. Number six: do not …

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The Effect Of Intense Light On Bird Behavior And Physiology, Sheldon Lustick Oct 1973

The Effect Of Intense Light On Bird Behavior And Physiology, Sheldon Lustick

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

It has been known for centuries that light (photoperiod) is possibly the major environmental stimuli affecting bird behavior and physiology. The length of the light period stimulates the breeding cycle, migration, fat deposition, and molt in most species of birds. Therefore, it is only natural that one would think of using light as a means of bird control. In fact, light has already been used as a bird control; flood-light traps have been used to trap blackbirds (Meanley 1971); Meanley states that 2000-W search lights have been used to alleviate depredation by ducks in rice fields. Pulsing light is already …

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Use Of Plastic Netting, John T. Stucky Oct 1973

Use Of Plastic Netting, John T. Stucky

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Conwed Plastic Division was approached two years ago regarding the use of plastic netting as a means of keeping birds from feeding in vineyards and other fruit crops. As a result of working with various interested people on the west coast, we developed a black pigmented, ultraviolet light (sunlight) stabilized netting. This netting maximizes the resistance against sunlight exposure and has very good tensile strength. The following demonstrates what individual farmers have achieved using Conwed Plastic Bird Control Netting.

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Radiotelemetry For Studying Problem Birds, Olin E. Bray Oct 1973

Radiotelemetry For Studying Problem Birds, Olin E. Bray

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Bird problems are much easier to solve if information is available on the behavior of the birds involved. Banding, color-marking, and visual observations have provided only general information on the behavior of problem birds. In order to continuously monitor the activities of birds causing problems, personnel in our Bioelectronics Unit and I developed a radiotelemetry system. A. Lawrence Kolz, George W. Corner, Erwin W. Pearson, and Richard E. Johnson of the Bioelectronics Unit provided the knowledge of electronics and many days of tedious work necessary to develop this system.

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Local Fall Movements Of The Red-Winged Blackbird In Central New York, Noel J. Cutright Oct 1973

Local Fall Movements Of The Red-Winged Blackbird In Central New York, Noel J. Cutright

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Studies into the post-breeding season activities of the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) recently have received greater attention. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service began a massive study involving the finding of winter concentrations of blackbirds and the marking of individuals. Meanley (1965, 1971), the most conspicuous name in the literature involved in this work, has recently published observations on the roosting behavior of the Redwing in southern United States. This wave of interest in blackbirds also is present in New York. Growers in the Finger Lakes Region have become quite concerned with the extent of damage to their corn. …

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Damage Surveys In Ohio And Michigan, Richard O. Winters Oct 1973

Damage Surveys In Ohio And Michigan, Richard O. Winters

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Blackbirds, Red-winged Blackbirds in particular, have caused millions of dollars worth of damage to corn crops in Ohio and Michigan and throughout the country. Concentrated efforts to estimate and document the damage in Ohio and Michigan were initiated in the fall of 1966. Besides yielding an annual estimate of blackbird damage, it was hoped that the survey would eventually be held to establish the effectiveness of control efforts, particularly the use of Avitrol. However, the large variability inherent in the damage sampling procedure has precluded documentation of changes in the amount of damage due to control efforts. In order to …

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A Bibliography On The Red-Winged Blackbird, Noel J. Cutright Oct 1973

A Bibliography On The Red-Winged Blackbird, Noel J. Cutright

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Following the completion of my doctoral dissertation on the Red-winged Blackbird, I decided to compile a bibliography on the species. This bibliography updates and expands the selected bibliography on Redwings prepared by Mealey and Mitchell in 1966. No effort was made to list the many progress and final reports on various aspects of blackbird research issued by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. Literature citations follow the Style used in The Journal of Wildlife Management.

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Registered Participants -- Sixth Bird Control Seminar 1973 Oct 1973

Registered Participants -- Sixth Bird Control Seminar 1973

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

No abstract provided.

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Bird Management On The Farm And At The Processing Plant, Thomas K. Palmer Oct 1973

Bird Management On The Farm And At The Processing Plant, Thomas K. Palmer

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Bird management, whether conducted on farms or at food processing plants, utilizes a rather limited number of techniques in conjunction with an intimate knowledge of pest avian behavior. The deployment of bird management techniques is dependent upon the complexity of pest induced environment and limitations imposed by human, moral, political, social and economic pressures.

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Pest Bird Control In And Around Food Processing Plants, Jerry W. Keown Oct 1973

Pest Bird Control In And Around Food Processing Plants, Jerry W. Keown

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

When a food product arrives at a food processing plant or a food warehouse, an additional element of concern is introduced. Under the Federal Food Drug Cosmetic Act, Chapter IV, "Food", Section 402, describes "Adulterated Food" as under A3, if it consists in whole or in part of any filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance, etc. A4, if it has been prepared, packed or held under unsanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, etc. Pest birds living in or on the exterior of a food plant are there- fore just as great a concern to food plant operators …

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Where Are We In Bird Control The Urban Scene, C. W. Marshall Oct 1973

Where Are We In Bird Control The Urban Scene, C. W. Marshall

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Four (4) major bird control methods are presently registered: (1) Bird repellents (2) Stomach distress repellents (3) Contact poisons (4) Stomach poisons Seven hundred and sixty seven (767) companies out of 1800 NPCA members indicate they are engaged in bird control. This number will undoubtedly grow for birds do constitute a health, economic and nuisance problem. The amended FIFRA Act will undoubtedly have an effect on bird control methods. More restrictions will probably be placed on such poisonous materials as endrin and strychnine. If endrin is allowable, “perch” use will be the only methods, strychnine will probably be greatly restricted. …

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Agricultural Scene, Thomas Stockdale Oct 1973

Agricultural Scene, Thomas Stockdale

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

I feel it would be interesting to examine another agricultural statistic to see whether the birds have had any influence on the agriculturists in Ohio with respect to what crops they plant. It is interesting to note that in 1960 we had about 3,383,000 acres of corn grown for grain in the state. That acreage has remained relatively constant. A low point was reached in 1969. The 1969 crop year here in Ohio was an extremely wet season; therefore there was difficulty in getting the crop planted in the spring of the year and difficulty getting the crop harvested in …

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Agricultural Scene, Charles P. Stone Oct 1973

Agricultural Scene, Charles P. Stone

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

It has been suggested that our approach to agricultural bird problems is perhaps wrong, and I feel it would be valuable to ask several individuals to give their ideas as to where their programs are heading right now. I would first like to ask Jerry Besser, the Chief of the Bird Section of the Denver Wildlife Center, to give just a brief statement as to where they are now. BESSER: Most of our efforts are being channelled into the agricul- tural area on a broad scale. Many of the problems are national ones. We can put our finger on the …

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Bird Damage To Tart Cherries In Michigan, 1972, Charles P. Stone Oct 1973

Bird Damage To Tart Cherries In Michigan, 1972, Charles P. Stone

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Bird damage to commercial fruits has long been a problem in many coun- tries, but the true magnitude of the damage incurred is difficult to determine objectively. Often the opinions of fruit growers provide the only measure of importance. In 1972, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Michigan Department of Agriculture, and the Statistical Reporting Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture obtained quantitative information on bird damage to tart cherries (Prunus mahalob) in Michigan. The results of the survey are presented in this paper.

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Madam Saga - An Approach To An Animal Damage Problem, William D. Fitzwater Oct 1973

Madam Saga - An Approach To An Animal Damage Problem, William D. Fitzwater

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

While human tinkering with the zoogeographical distribution of lower animals sometimes pays dividends, more often it opens up Pandora's box. Such is the case of the Weaver Finch family. This group of birds is characterized by its colonial habits, granivorous appetite which often counters man's best interests, and elaborate nest structures. The House Sparrow (passer domesticus) is a notable exception of the latter trait as its nests look like a Picasso interpretation of an Afro wig. Weaver Finches originated in Africa. Here they are found in their most numerous forms. The Quelea quelea in flocks of several million compete seriously …

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The Monk Parakeet In New York, Douglas P. Kibbe, Noel J. Cutright Oct 1973

The Monk Parakeet In New York, Douglas P. Kibbe, Noel J. Cutright

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Attention was focused on the Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus) in New York State in 1971 when the first successful breeding record was documented for the state although Monk Parakeets had been noticed in New York and New Jersey since 1968 (Bull, 1971). Since 1971 awareness of the bird’s potential for becoming an established species in New York has spread through several segments of the state’s populace. This awareness has been created primarily through two articles in the magazine published by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), The Conservationist (Trimm, 1972) (Trimm, 1973); several articles in popular magazines, …

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