Technical Session 5 – Blackbirds

Controlling Blackbirds and Starlings at Winter Roosts using PA-14

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J. F. Heisterberg, USDA-APHIS-ADC
A. R. Stickley Jr., USDA-APHIS-ADC
K. M. Garner, USDA-APHIS-ADC
P. D. Foster Jr., Tennessee Department of Agriculture

Gulf Shores, Alabama

12:00 AM

Decontamination of a Histoplasma capsulatum-Infested Blackbird Roost: Use of a Sprinkler System to Apply Formalin

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A. R. Stickley Jr., USDA-APHIS-ADC
J. R. Pruitt, Warren County Health Department
C. E. Hume, Warren County Health Department
T. Pass II, Morehead State University
C. H. Gayle, Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Gulf Shores, Alabama

12:00 AM

DRC-6749--An Avian Wetting Agent of Low Aquatic Toxicity

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P. W. Lefebvre, U.S. Department of Agriculture
T. D. Bills, U.S. Department of the Interior
A. R. Stickley Jr., U.S. Department of Agriculture
R. E. Matteson, U.S. Department of Agriculture
L. L. Marking, U.S. Department of the Interior

Gulf Shores, Alabama

12:00 AM

Great-Tailed Grackle Predation on South Texas Citrus: (Identifying a Unique Problem)

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John Hobbs, USDA-APHIS-ADC
Fred G. Leon III, USDA-APHIS-ADC

Gulf Shores, Alabama

12:00 AM

Methiocarb-Treated Rice Seed Applied After Field Draining Fails to Repel Blackbirds from Sprouting Rice

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N. R. Holler, U.S. Department of Agriculture
P. W. Lefebvre, U.S. Department of Agriculture
R. E. Matteson, U.S. Department of Agriculture
G. R. Gutknecht, U.S. Department of Agriculture
R. A. Dolbeer, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Gulf Shores, Alabama

12:00 AM

Status of Mesurol® as a Bird Repellent for Cherries and Other Fruit Crops

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Mark E. Tobin, Cornell University
Richard A. Dolbeer, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Gulf Shores, Alabama

12:00 AM

Temporal Use Patterns of Wintering Starlings at a Southeastern Livestock Farm: Implications for Damage Control

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J. F. Glahn, USDA-APHIS-ADC
S. K. Timbrook, USDA-APHIS-ADC
D. J. Twedt, USDA-APHIS-ADC

Gulf Shores, Alabama

12:00 AM