Bird Control Seminar Proceedings currently posted include:

8th Seminar -- 1979
7th Seminar -- 1976
6th Seminar -- 1973
5th Seminar -- 1970
4th Seminar -- 1968
3rd Seminar -- 1966
2nd Seminar -- 1964



Users are encouraged to browse, read, download, save, print, and link to articles or documents found on this site, but are admonished not to re-publish, re-post, mirror, or otherwise re-distribute materials without the permission of the original copyright holders.

The Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management does not necessarily concur, endorse or recommend all of the opinions and/or images contained within these documents. Should you use or rely on the information, techniques and materials provided by the ICWDM, you are responsible for determinations of efficacy and legality of such use and/or reliance, and you will at all times defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Utah State University, Cornell University, and Clemson University, their officers, employees and agents against all claims, demands, costs, and expenses arise from your use of or reliance on any information provided in the ICWDM and the Digital Commons. The ICWDM includes these sources for purposes of historical record, completeness and research.

1979

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS: Eighth Bird Control Seminar 1979

Proceedings Eighth Bird Control Seminar: Frontmatter and Contents

FOOD PREFERENCES AND DAMAGE LEVELS OF SOME AVIAN RICE FIELD PESTS IN MALAYSIA, Michael L. Avery

REVIEW OF AVIAN MORTALITY DUE TO COLLISIONS WITH MANMADE STRUCTURES, Michael L. Avery

A NEW “PAROTRAP” ADAPTED FROM THE MAC TRAP FOR CAPTURING LIVE PARAKEETS IN THE FIELD, Elsadig Awad Bashir

ARBOVIRUS SURVEILLANCE IN OHIO -- 1979 UPDATE, Richard L. Berry and Margaret A. Parsons

LATE-SUMMER FEEDING PATTERNS OF RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS IN A SUNFLOWER-GROWING AREA OF NORTH DAKOTA, Jerome F. Besser, William J. Berg, and C. Edward Knittle

BLACKBIRD AND STARLING ROOSTING DYNAMICS: MPLICATIONS FOR ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL, Theodore A. Bookhouts and Stephen B. White

TIMING BIRD CONTROL APPLICATIONS IN RIPENING CORN, William Bridgeland

SUMMARY OF METHIOCARB TRIALS AGAINST PEST BIRDS IN SENEGAL, Richard L. Bruggers

NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BIRD RESISTANT SORGHUMS, Roger W. Bullard

BIRD CONTROL AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, Denis S. Case

ATTITUDES OF CANADIANS TOWARD THE CONTROL OF RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, Robert G. Clark, Rodger D. Titman, and J. Roger Bider

RESPONSE OF BIRDS TO RAPTOR MODELS, Michael R. Conover

A REPORT ON EFFICACY OF METHIOCARB AS AN AVIAN REPELLENT IN FIGS AND RESULTS OF INDUSTRY-WIDE BIRD DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS, A. Charles Crabb

AN EVALUATION OF 4-AMINOPYRIDINE FOR DISPERSING WINTER BLACKBIRD ROOSTS IN COLORADO, John L. Cummings

DRC-1339 AND DRC-2698 RESIDUES IN STARLINGS: PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF THEIR EFFECTS ON SECONDARY HAZARD POTENTIAL, D. J. Cunningham, E. W. Schafer Jr., and L. K. McConnell

SETTING UP AN EFFECTIVE URBAN BLACKBIRD ROOST CONTROL PROGRAM, Sally S. Erdman

DIETS OF THE RED-BILLED QUELEA (QUELEA QUELEA) IN THE AWASH RIVER BASIN OF ETHIOPIA, W. A. Erickson

THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF SHREDDED GARBAGE TO GULLS AND OTHER AVIAN SPECIES POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS TO AIRCRAFT, Dennis M. Forsythe

CROP PROTECTION WITH XIRONET, Thomas S. Foster

PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEMS: TGE, P. M. Gough, J. W. Beyer, and R. D. Jorgenson

BLACKBIRD-STARLING WINTER ROOST SURVEY IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE, 1977-78, Jon F. Heisterberg

DISPERSAL PATTERNS AND HABITAT RELATIONSHIPS OF ROOSTING AND FLOCKING RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS, Ronnie J. Johnson

MESUROL AS A BIRD REPELLENT ON GRAPES IN OHIO, Hailu Kassa and Willaim B. Jackson

DEVELOPMENTAL STATUS OF N-(3-CHLORO-4-METHYLPHENYL) ACETAMIDE AS A CANDIDATE BLACKBIRD/STARLING ROOST TOXICANT, Paul W. Lefebvre, Nicholas R. Holler, Raymond E. Matteson, Edward W. Schafer Jr., and Donald J. Cunningham

EFFECTS OF THE ROOST SITE ON THE ENERGETICS OF BLACKBIRDS AND STARLINGS, Sheldon Lustick and Michael Kelty

EFFECTIVE USE OF SOUND TO REPEL BIRDS FROM INDUSTRIAL WASTE PONDS, Lee R. Martin

AVIAN HOSTS OF ST. LOUIS ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS , Robert G. McLean and Thomas W. Scott

SEASONAL, HABITAT AND SEX-SPECIFIC PATTERNS OF FOOD UTILIZATION BY RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS (Agelaius phoeniceous) IN EASTERN ONTARIO AND THEIR ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE, Donald K. McNichol, Raleigh J. Robertson, and Patrick J. Weatherhead

PERCHES COATED WITH GLUE REDUCE BIRD DAMAGE IN RICEFIELD PLOTS, Russell F. Reidinger Jr. and Justiniano L. Libay

ASTM - BIRD CONTROL TESTING STANDARDS, Edward W. Schafer Jr.

CLINIC ON PIGEON CONTROL, Jim Steckel, Stu Amrine, and Mike Pompili

EXTENDED USE OF STARLICIDE IN REDUCING BIRD DAMAGE IN SOUTHEASTERN FEEDLOTS, Allen R. Stickley Jr.

BEHAVIOURAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURB, Rufus J. Stone

BEHAVIORAL CONTROL OF SEAGULLS AT LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, John F. Stout and Ernest R. Schwab

COOLING TOWERS AS OBSTACLES IN BIRD MIGRATIONS, Manfred Temme and William B. Jackson

CARDIAC AND OPERANT BEHAVIOR RESPONSE OF STARLINGS (Sturnus vulgaris) TO DISTRESS AND ALARM SOUNDS, R. Daniel Thompson, Brad E. Johns, and C. Val Grant

ON THE FEASIBILITY OF SURFACTANTS AS A BLACKBIRD MANAGEMENT TOOL IN QUEBEC, Patrick J. Weatherhead, J. R. Bider, and Robert G. Clark

PIGEON ASSOCIATED PEOPLE DISEASES, Walter Weber

AN EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN FOR INVESTIGATING WINTER BIRD DEPREDATION AT SOUTH TEXAS FEEDLOTS, R. E. Williams

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LOSSES IN CORN FOLLOWING SIMULATED BIRD DAMAGE, Paul P. Woronecki, Robert H. Stehn, and Richard A. Dolbeer

1976

Proceedings Seventh Bird Control Seminar -- Frontmatter & Contents

Registered Participants -- Seventh Bird Control Seminar, November 1976

PROTECTION OF RIPENING SUNFLOWERS FROM BLACKBIRD DAMAGE BY BAITING WITH AVITROL FC CORN CHOPS-99S, Jerome F. Besser and Joseph L. Guarino

MESUROL 50% HBT FOR PROTECTING SPROUTING CORN FROM PHEASANTS IN IOWA AND SOUTH DAKOTA, Jerome F. Besser and C. Edward Knittle

LINKING OF BREEDING AND WINTERING POPULATIONS OF RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS BY COLOR-MARKING TERRITORIAL MALES, Olin E. Bray, Willis C. Royall Jr., and Joseph L. Guarino

PROTECTING RIPENING SORGHUM WITH METHIOCARB FROM BIRD DAMAGE IN SENEGAL, Richard L. Bruggers

PROTECTING URUGUAYAN CROPS FROM BIRD DAMAGE WITH METHIOCARB AND 4-AMINOPYRIDINE1, Carlos Calvi, Jerome F. Besser, John W. De Grazio, and Donald F. Mott

AN OVERVIEW OF DEPREDATING BIRD DAMAGE CONTROL IN CALIFORNIA, Dell O. Clark

PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: SIMULATION OF BIRD DAMAGE ON CORN EARS, M. I. Dyer

REDWINGED BLACKBIRD FLOCK FEEDING BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO REPELLENT STRESS, M. I. Dyer

EXAMINATION OF REDWINGED BLACKBIRD NESTLING GROWTH RATES USING THE LOGISTIC MODEL: A CASE FOR r AND k SELECTION?, M. I. Dyer and Z. Abramsky

STUDIES ON DIET OVERLAP AMONG ICTERIDS, CROWS, AND STARLINGS, M. I. Dyer and N. J. Kakalec

PRELIMINARY LABORATORY AND FIELD TRIALS OF CURB, A POSSIBLE AVIAN REPELLENT, Ken Ewing, A. Charles Crabb, Lee R. Martin, and Roger Moitoso

THE GOOD - THE BAD - THE UGLY - THAT’S BIRD CONTROL, William D. Fitzwater

EXPERIMENTAL TREE TRIMMING TO CONTROL AN URBAN WINTER BLACKBIRD ROOST, Heidi B. Good and Dan M. Johnson

LAND USE PLANNING FOR CONTROL OF BIRDS NEAR AIRPORTS, Michael J. Harrison

EXPERIMENTAL USE OF AV-ALARM FOR REPELLING QUELEA FROM RICE IN SOMALIA, Larry C. Holcomb

PROTECTING RIPENING SWEET CORN FROM BLACKBIRDS IN WISCONSIN WITH 4-AMINOPYRIDINE, C. Edward Knittle, Joseph L. Guarino, Olin E. Bray, John L. Cummings, and Mary R. Ouellette

REDUCING A LOCAL POPULATION OF STARLINGS WITH NEST-BOX TRAPS, C. E. Knittle and J. L. Guarino

WETTING AS A MEANS OF BIRD CONTROL, Sheldon Lustick

CURRENT STATUS REPORT: PIGEON CONTROL, C. Doug Mampe

TESTS OF BIRD DAMAGE CONTROL MEASURES IN SUDAN, 1975, Lee R. Martin

BIRD STRIKES AND THE AIR FORCE, Portia R. McCracken

NATIONWIDE ESTIMATES OF BLACKBIRDS AND STARLINGS, Brooke Meanley and Willis C. Royall Jr.

PERCHES AND REPELLENTS, Gene Meester

ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES OF KENTUCKY BLACKBIRD ROOSTS, Burt L. Monroe Jr. and Lois S. Cronholm

PROTECTING RIPENING SWEET CORN FROM BLACKBIRDS IN IDAHO WITH 4-AMINOPYRIDINE, Donald P. Mott

STRYCHNINE, Paul Ochs

THE ARBOVIRUS SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL PROGRAM IN OHIO, 1975 – 76, M. A. Parsons

A PROGRESS REPORT ON A NEW AVICIDE: 2-CHLORO- 4-ACETOTOLIUDINE (CAT), S. Anderson Peoples, Anne Barger, A. C. Crabb, and R. G. Schwab

BIRD PROBLEMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES: STILL UNSOLVED, Robert A. Pierce

SPECIES COMPOSITION, FOOD HABITS, AND THE ECONOMIC AND ECOLOGIC IMPACT OF WINTER BLACKBIRD FLOCKS, Raleigh J. Robertson, Patrick J. Weatherhead, Frank J. S. Phelan, Geoffrey L. Holroyd, and Nigel Lester

BIRD PROBLEMS AND FOOD STORAGE AND PROCESSING FACILITIES, Robert M. Russell, Robert Yeager, Fred Baur, and James R. Dupre

THE NEED FOR PRACTICAL AND OBJECTIVE TEST PROTOCOLS FOR BIRD DAMAGE CONTROL CHEMICALS, E. W. Schafer Jr.

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE OF QUELEA TO METHIOCARB (MCSUROL)*, Stephen A. Shumake, Stanley E. Gaddis, and Edward W. Schafer Jr.

WINTER BIRD ROOSTS IN KENTUCKY: AN INTRODUCTION OF THE PROBLEM, Richard N. Smith

AIRCRAFT AND BIRDS, Victor E. F. Solman

METHIOCARB AS A BIRD REPELLENT FOR MATURE SWEET CORN, Allan R. Stickley Jr. and Charles R. Ingram

STARLING DAMAGE TO SPROUTING WHEAT IN TENNESSEE, Allen R. Stickley, Richard A. Dolbeer, and Stephen B. White

SURVEY OF EFFECTIVENESS OF AVITROL FC CORN CHOPS-99 IN FIELD CORN IN NORTHERN OHIO, A. R. Stickley Jr., S. B. Williams, and K. M. Simpson

SELECTION OF TOXIC POULTRY PELLETS FROM CATTLE RATIONS BY STARLINGS, Richard R. West and Jerome F. Besser

A METHOD OF EVALUATING BLACKBIRD DEPREDATION USING FOOD HABITS, Robert E. Williams

RESPONSE OF MATURING CORN TO SIMULATED BIRD DAMAGE, Paul P. Woronecki, Charles R. Ingram, and Richard A. Dolbeer

1973

Proceedings: Sixth Bird Control Seminar -- Frontmatter & Contents

REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS -- Sixth Bird Control Seminar 1973

INVESTIGATION OF BIRD MIGRATION AND MORTALITY AT THE OMEGA NAVIGATION STATION, LAMOURE, NORTH DAKOTA: FALL 1972 AND SPRING 1973, Michael L. Avery and Paul F. Springer

PRICING, John R. Beck

NEW MATERIALS AND METHODS, Jerome F. Besser

DECLINE OF A BLACKBIRD POPULATION DURING SEVEN YEARS OF BAITING WITH A CHEMICAL FRIGHTENING AGENT, Jerome F. Besser, John W. De Grazio, and Joseph L. Guarino

AERIALLY APPLIED METHIOCARB SPRAY FOR PROTECTING WILD LOWBUSH BLUEBERRIES FROM BIRDS, Rene M. Bollengier, Joseph L. Guarino, and Charles P. Stone

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

RADIOTELEMETRY FOR STUDYING PROBLEM BIRDS, Olin E. Bray

A BIBLIOGRAPHY ON THE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD, Noel J. Cutright

LOCAL FALL MOVEMENTS OF THE RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD IN CENTRAL NEW YORK, Noel J. Cutright

USE OF PERCHES AT REFINERY SITES, J. J. Dill

A FIELD TEST OF METHIOCARB EFFICACY IN REDUCING BIRD DAMAGE TO MICHIGAN BLUEBERRIES, Richard A. Dolbeer, Charles R. Ingram, and Allen R. Stickley Jr.

PLANT-ANIMAL INTERACTIONS: THE EFFECTS OF REDWINGED BLACKBIRDS ON CORN GROWTH, Melvin I. Dyer

MADAM SAGA - AN APPROACH TO AN ANIMAL DAMAGE PROBLEM, William D. Fitzwater