Field Trial Using Flight Control As A Repellent For Canada Goose (Branta Canadensis) Control In Fort Collins, Colorado

Authors

Patrick Devers, Genesis Laboratories, Inc.
Paula Reichert, Genesis Laboratories, Inc.
Richard Poche, Genesis Laboratories, Inc.

Date of this Version

1998

Document Type

Article

Citation

Proceedings 18^th Vertebrate Pest Conference, ed. R.O. Baker & A.C. Crabb. Published at University of California, Davis, 1998.

Comments

Copyright 1998 by the authors

Abstract

Flight Control, containing anthraquinone, was field tested during 1997 in Colorado as a repellent to keep Canada geese (Branta canadensis) off turf. The product was sprayed at a rate of 1.9 kg per ha, using a boom sprayer towed by a golf cart. The reduction in goose numbers on the treatment plot was 95.1 % ten days after application. A decline of 64.7% in the number of goose droppings on the area was recorded.