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Title

MANAGEMENT OF BLACKBIRD AND STARLING WINTER ROOST PROBLEMS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE

Authors

Kenneth M. Garner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nashville, Tennessee

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1978

Blackbirds and starlings in winter roosts create conflict problems in five major categories: 1) Public Health, 2) Agricultural Crop, 3) Wildlife Competition, 4) Structural, 5) Safety. After identification of problems created by an individual roost and roost site, problems are solved by one or a combination of seven methods: 1) No Action, 2) Move the Roost, 3) Alteration of Agricultural Practices, 4) Bird Proofing, 5) Move Birds from Feeding or Loafing Site, 6) Population Reduction at Feedlots, 7) Population Reduction of Roosts.