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Bird-X co-operates and collaborates with research professionals in local, state and national government agencies, educational institutions, state and national humane societies, animal rights organizations, etc.

One specific collaborator is Dr. Philip Whitford, Professor of Biology at Capital University, who holds his PhD in Biological Sciences in the field of animal behavior, and BS and MS degrees in wildlife management. Dr. Whitford's doctoral dissertation focused on the calls of the Canada goose. He was the first person to fully analyze their calls and communication, and is considered an authority on the subject. He wrote a section of the 17-volume set of books "Birds of North" published by the North American Ornithological Union.

Successful Use of Alarm/Alert Call Playback to Control Nuisance Goose Population. Increased populations of resident Canada geese create major crop loss problems for farmers, especially in those areas which become traditional sites for brood rearing. Such sites concentrate geese and goslings in locations where food is abundant and escape safety provided flightless adults and young by adjacent lakes or rivers. Emerging corn, winter wheat, and soy beans are favorite foods and sustain extensive crop damage when near water and brood rearing sites. From 16 May – 28 August, 2007, alarm and alert call playback from GOOSEBUSTER call units, Bird –X Inc, Chicago Il., was used with and without other scare reinforcement to assess efficacy of different methods at reducing crop damage at multiple sites near Horicon Marsh, Wisconsin. View the complete story here.
Successful Use of Alarm/Alert Call Playback to End Canada Goose Problems. Burgeoning continental resident Canada goose populations have led to concomitant increases in aircraft strikes. Once on or near airfields geese have proven difficult to move and keep away. Playback of naturally recorded alarm and alert calls of the species was coupled with multiple harassment techniques to determine whether it would prove effective at removal of long term resident geese from a 24.2 hec business park in Dayton, Ohio. View the complete story here.
Fruitshield Field Study The results are in! The introduction of FruitShield repellent during the 1996 growing season was a great success. Over 94% of the growers surveyed during and after the season indicated that the repellent was effective in reducing bird damage to cherries and high bush blueberries. View the complete story here.
Goose Chase Field Study GooseChase is a formulation of two US Food and Drug Administration Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) compounds that have been approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency as biological chemicals. The active ingredient (ai), methyl anthranilate, was first discovered as an effective bird repellent in 1988. View the complete story here.
Pest Control Market Overview The market for electronic pest control products is gaining momentum as consumers search for environmentally safe alternatives to pesticides, poisons and traps. View the complete story here.
Field Evaluation of Ultrasonic Devices The field trial was established in two adjacent barns. The barns had previously been used as a hog farrowing operation. The buildings were similar in size with each building having two floors. The lower level of Building A was finished block construction with windows along the southern side. Doors were present at the east and west end of the building while the north side of the building was surrounded by dirt. The area also contained 12 farrowing pens. View the complete story here.
Efficacy Test of Scoot Mole Repellant at 1 Quart The mole repellant product Scoot Mole manufactured by PEST SOLUTIONS of Grand Rapids of Michigan was tested on replicated pairted plots in a residential area from early-October to early-November 1997. View the complete story here.
Low-Powered Lasers: Another Nonlethal Tool for Resolving Wildlife Damage Each year Wildlife Services (WS), a program within the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, disperses several million birds because of safety, health, and property damage concerns. To successfully disperse large numbers of birds, WS employs a combination of nonlethal measures, including the use of pyrotechnics, sound cannons, and other noisemakers. View the complete story here.
Use of Lasers in Avian Dispersal As issues of safety, health, and property damage associated with wildlife populations increase, so too does public demand for nonlethal, non–injurious, and environmentally benign solutions to such problems. Recent research conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Wildlife Services’ (WS) National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) indicates that relatively low–power, long–wavelength lasers (630–650 nm “red beam”) provide an effective means of dispersing some “problem” bird species under low–light conditions, while presenting no threat to the animal or the environment. View the complete story here.
Lasers can be an efficient tool..... birds Wildlife damage management involves the integration of a variety of effective methods to prevent or alleviate animal damage. As populations of white-tailed deer (Odocoiletls virginianus) have increased across North America (VerCauteren 2003), so have the variety and frequency of deer-human conflicts (DeNicola et al.2000).. View the complete story here.
Aquaculture Industry Report New and innovative research continues to benefit the aquaculture industry. Recent studies have shown that laser technology is much more effective than pyrotechnics in protecting catfish producers from cormorant damage. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Apple Crops Field trials on apples were conducted in Orondo, Washington. Three control blocks were sampled but not teated. Five similar blocks were sampled and treated with Bird Shield™. Random trees within each block were checked for bird damage before treatment. Damage was defined as a pecked, partially consumed, or removed apple. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Blueberries In field trials conducted at a university experimental farm in Washington state, Bird Shield™ was found to be effective for controlling birds in high bush blueberries. In these trials a 1% solution of Bird Shield™ in water was applied at 7 day intervals beginning when the crop began to ripen. This reduced damage as much as 96% and extended harvest by two weeks. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Cherry Trees In field trials done at three orchards owned and operated by a major university in Washington state, test plots were treated with a one per cent solution of Bird Shield™ in water. The mixture was sprayed by a tractor drawn power sprayer. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Corn Crops Bird Shield™ has been found to be effective for controlling bird damage to sweet corn and other varieties of corn. In tests of 14 corn fields, four were left untreated as controls, and ten were treated either once or twice with Bird Shield™. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Houses, Buildings, Bridges, Statues and Other Structures Bird Shield™ has been tested and found effective in reducing bird use for nesting, loafing and roosting in and upon structures. Original tests were done in five commercial buildings in Lewiston, Idaho. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Rice Crops In trials conducted on 15 fields in California, rice heads in the untreated control plots averaged only 53.3% as heavy as the heads harvested from plots that were treated twice with Bird Shield™ at a rate of one pint per acre. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Roosting Trees and Ornamentals Bird Shield™ has been tested and found effective in reducing bird use of roosting trees and ornamentals. Mix Bird Shield™ in the ratio of one part Bird Shield™ concentrate to 30 parts water. Use a sprayer with enough pressure to get the mix into the highest part of the tree or bush. Depending upon the tree, this can be a hose end applicator, a hand pump sprayer, or a power sprayer. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Sorghum Trials were conducted on both fallow cropped milo (sorghum) and continuous cropped milo in Kansas. A total of 81 acres of mature milo was treated with one pint of Bird Shield™ per acre two weeks prior to harvest. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Sunflowers Controlling birds in Sunflowers with Bird Shield™ repellent has been extremely effective. In fields treated with two, one pint applications of the repellent at seven day intervals damage was reduced to about 3% while the untreated fields sustained damage from 78% to 90%. View the complete story here.
Birdshield protecting Table Grapes Field trials, at the Washington State University Prosser Irrigated Agriculture Research and Extension Center, show that Bird Shield™ repellent is effective in reducing bird damage to table grapes. In these trials, conducted over more than five years, bird damage was reduced up to 98% to all grapes. View the complete story here.
Monofilament Lines & a Hoop Device ForBird Management at BackyardFeeders The field trial was established in two adjacent barns. The barns had previously been used as a hog farrowing operation. The buildings were similar in size with each building having two floors. The lower level of Building A was finished block construction with windows along the southern side. Doors were present at the east and west end of the building while the north side of the building was surrounded by dirt. The area also contained 12 farrowing pens. View the complete story here.
Monofilament Lines repel House Sparrows from FeedingSites The field trial was established in two adjacent barns. The barns had previously been used as a hog farrowing operation. The buildings were similar in size with each building having two floors. The lower level of Building A was finished block construction with windows along the southern side. Doors were present at the east and west end of the building while the north side of the building was surrounded by dirt. The area also contained 12 farrowing pens. View the complete story here.