Birds | Pest Management Professional

Ride Along: Big Box Store Bird Control

Today I join my husband, Jeff, aka “the Pest Coach,” in a ride along to revisit a bird control account...

Most Wanted: House Sparrow

The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is pursuant to inestimable pestiferous air and ground assaults by millions of insidious sorties. Mass attacks cause...

Feathered Foes: Canada Goose Control Options

Canada goose (Branta canadensis) control methodologies range from installing cardboard/wooden silhouettes of fake coyotes to applying for a federal depredation...

How to Hatch a Profitable Bird Business

Bird work is alluring, with large-dollar accounts and the promise of additional work in related areas. But without proper training,...

Did You Know? American Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos

⦁ Crows are intelligent and can learn to count, talk, solve puzzles, and create and use tools to solve problems....

Ask the Expert: Birds, Biting Insects and Yellowjackets

Q. A homeowner has a bird mite problem, so I removed a bird’s nest from the gutter and treated the...

Fact vs. Fiction: Starlings

Fiction: All blackbirds are starlings. Fact: As with most common names, several species are referred to as blackbirds. Starlings (Sturnus...

The Scary-Looking Turkey Vulture is Coming to a Town Near You

If you haven’t seen a turkey vulture yet, brace yourself. They’re on their way to your town. They’ve been spotted...

Bird Management: Not as Simple as One Might Think

To many, bird management equates to merely tackling pigeons, sparrows and starlings. But our industry must foresee myriad other challenges,...

Bird Control: Woodpeckers

Consider the biology, behavior and management of this protected species. Years ago, when my wife and I first moved into...

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Fact vs. Fiction: Pigeons

Fiction: Feeding pigeons makes the world a better place and doesn’t hurt anybody. Fact: Feeding pigeons, deliberately or unintentionally, is the...

Dos and Don’ts: Pigeons

An essential part of eliminating pest pigeons is safety-centric, pre-environmental and postenvironmental cleanup of biological waste. Effective interventions result in...

Word on the Web: Pigeons as pets, pests and problems

Sometimes the general public has a difficult time wrapping its collective head around the idea a bird, particularly the pigeon,...

believe it or not: Black hawks downed … by birds

New research in the Wildlife Society Bulletin reveals how vulnerable rotary-wing aircraft — such as Apache and Chinook helicopters —...

Tips and Tricks: Birds Will Nest Anywhere; Be Prepared Indoors or Out

Although most bird control and exclusion work occurs outside buildings, birds will nest inside attics or ceiling voids occasionally because...