Tag Archive: bird management solutions (19)

Protect Your Sweet Corn Crop from Hungry Birds

Agriculture WGC Blogs

May 8, 2024
Corn. As far as the eye can see. Much of America’s growing lands are dominated by the stuff – which is used to feed our livestock,  fuel our vehicles, and fill our dinner plates. While sweet corn accounts for a small fraction of the nation’s corn crop (only 1%!), it... Read More
Red Winged Blackbird

Bird Basics: Learn About the European Starling

WGC Indy Blogs

October 17, 2023
With its highly iridescent, speckled coat of feathers, bright yellow bill, and pink feet, the European Starling is an easily recognizable bird. These highly athletic birds can often be found flying in-sync in flocks numbering the tens of thousands, dancing in the sky as part of a murmuration. Distinct features... Read More
European starling

Bird Basics: Get to Know the European Starling

WGC Blogs

October 17, 2023
With its highly iridescent, speckled coat of feathers, bright yellow bill, and pink feet, the European Starling is an easily recognizable bird. These highly athletic birds can often be found flying in-sync in flocks numbering the tens of thousands, dancing in the sky as part of a murmuration. Distinct features... Read More
European starling

Bird 101: Get Familiar With the European Starling

MBM Blogs

October 17, 2023
With its highly iridescent, speckled coat of feathers, bright yellow bill, and pink feet, the European Starling is an easily recognizable bird. These highly athletic birds can often be found flying in-sync in flocks numbering the tens of thousands, dancing in the sky as part of a murmuration. Distinct features... Read More
European starling

Keep Birds Away From Warehouses & Loading Docks

WGC Indy Blogs

October 4, 2023
When temperatures drop, pigeons, sparrows, starlings, and other pest birds flock to warehouses, loading docks, parking garages, and other spacious buildings to hunker down and survive the winter. The structures’ roofs provide shelter and relative warmth, and their many beams, ledges, lights, and pipes look, to birds, like the perfect... Read More

Evict Birds From Warehouses & Loading Docks

MBM Blogs

October 4, 2023
When temperatures drop, pigeons, sparrows, starlings, and other pest birds flock to warehouses, loading docks, parking garages, and other spacious buildings to hunker down and survive the winter. The structures’ roofs provide shelter and relative warmth, and their many beams, ledges, lights, and pipes look, to birds, like the perfect... Read More

Warehouses & Loading Docks: Safe Havens for Cold Birds

WGC Blogs

October 4, 2023
When temperatures drop, pigeons, sparrows, starlings, and other pest birds flock to warehouses, loading docks, parking garages, and other spacious buildings to hunker down and survive the winter. The structures’ roofs provide shelter and relative warmth, and their many beams, ledges, lights, and pipes look, to birds, like the perfect... Read More

Learn the Essentials: Generalist vs. Specialist Birds

MBM Blogs

September 19, 2023
Purple martins are a specialist species. Humans have destroyed the martins' natural resting areas, so they must now rely on human-made structures to survive. Ecosystems are complex communities formed whenever living organisms interact with one another and their geographic environment. These communities are dynamic: weather patterns, human intervention, the organisms... Read More
Generalist vs specialist birds

Bird Basics: Generalists vs. Specialists

WGC Blogs

September 19, 2023
Purple martins are a specialist species. Humans have destroyed the martins' natural resting areas, so they must now rely on human-made structures to survive. Ecosystems are complex communities formed whenever living organisms interact with one another and their geographic environment. These communities are dynamic: weather patterns, human intervention, the organisms... Read More
Generalist vs specialist birds

Prevent a Geese Colony From Settling on Your Property

WGC Indy Blogs

September 5, 2023
Say you want to try out a new restaurant. Are you more likely to visit one that is packed and lauded by patrons? Or one that is deserted on a Saturday night and doesn’t have a review to its name? If you are like most, you would probably select the... Read More
Geese settling on a field of grass