Tag Archive: bird conflict management (11)

Prevent Bird Conflicts on Dairy Farms

Agriculture WGC Indy Blogs

October 24, 2023
Birds have been a nuisance on farms since the dawn of agriculture. While pest bird culprits, their agricultural targets, and deterrence strategies have changed over the millennia, the threats birds pose to farms remain largely unchanged. Dairy farms are particularly – and consistently – hard hit by birds, resulting in... Read More
Dairy farm

How to Deter Birds from Dairy Farms

Agriculture MBM Blogs

October 24, 2023
Birds have been a nuisance on farms since the dawn of agriculture. While pest bird culprits, their agricultural targets, and deterrence strategies have changed over the millennia, the threats birds pose to farms remain largely unchanged. Dairy farms are particularly – and consistently – hard hit by birds, resulting in... Read More
Dairy farm

How to Eliminate Bird Conflicts on Dairy Farms

Agriculture WGC Blogs

October 24, 2023
Birds have been a nuisance on farms since the dawn of agriculture. While pest bird culprits, their agricultural targets, and deterrence strategies have changed over the millennia, the threats birds pose to farms remain largely unchanged. Dairy farms are particularly – and consistently – hard hit by birds, resulting in... Read More
Dairy farm

Prevent Birds From Targeting Your Apple Orchard

Agriculture MBM Blogs

July 21, 2023
Apple cider is a wonderful autumn treat, especially when you taste it directly at the source from an orchard’s own fresh apples! Birds can play a useful role in an apple orchard, but they’re also a source of some significant risks. A key benefit of having birds around apple orchards... Read More
Basket of apples with a crow

Birds & Apple Orchards: A Blessing and a Curse

Agriculture WGC Blogs

July 21, 2023
Apple cider is a wonderful autumn treat, especially when you taste it directly at the source from an orchard’s own fresh apples! Birds can play a useful role in an apple orchard, but they’re also a source of some significant risks. A key benefit of having birds around apple orchards... Read More
Basket of apples with a crow

Prevent Geese from Contaminating Ponds & Lakes

WGC Indy Blogs

June 20, 2023
The Canada goose population across North America is booming, with some estimates of over 5 million birds. When searching for a place to call home, those millions of geese favor locations with grass to eat, water to drink, and clear lines of sight that allow them to spot predators. Unfortunately,... Read More
Geese in pond

Keeping Ponds & Lakes Clean from Geese

MBM Blogs

June 20, 2023
The Canada goose population across North America is booming, with some estimates of over 5 million birds. When searching for a place to call home, those millions of geese favor locations with grass to eat, water to drink, and clear lines of sight that allow them to spot predators. Unfortunately,... Read More
Geese in pond

How to Keep Ponds & Lakes Clean When Geese are Present

WGC Blogs

June 20, 2023
The Canada goose population across North America is booming, with some estimates of over 5 million birds. When searching for a place to call home, those millions of geese favor locations with grass to eat, water to drink, and clear lines of sight that allow them to spot predators. Unfortunately,... Read More
Geese in pond

Bird Window Collision Prevention Success Story

WGC Indy Blogs

April 18, 2023
Spring is here, and songbird migration has begun. Along with the wonderful bird watching opportunities, however, comes a grimmer side: window collisions. Window collisions account for nearly one billion songbird deaths every year in the U.S., and skyscrapers account for only a tiny fraction of that. Over half of all... Read More
Window treated with Friendly Feather

Project Recap: Spring Window Collision Prevention

MBM Blogs

April 18, 2023
Spring is here, and songbird migration has begun. Along with the wonderful bird watching opportunities, however, comes a grimmer side: window collisions. Window collisions account for nearly one billion songbird deaths every year in the U.S., and skyscrapers account for only a tiny fraction of that. Over half of all... Read More
Window treated with Friendly Feather