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Location
Ithaca, New York
Start Date
6-10-1991 12:00 AM
Description
Two commercial (ReJeX-iT® brand) formulations of methyl anthranilate (MA), at concentrations of 0.10-0.50% (0.06-0.32% active ingredient [a.i.]), were highly effective in repelling mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), and ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) from pools of water in pen tests. For mallards, pool entries and bill contacts with water in MA-treated pools were 1.4 and 4.0% of the levels in untreated pools during a 2-choice test, and 4.2 and 8.8% of the levels in untreated pools during a 1-choice test. For gulls, the repellency levels were even higher, with activity levels in treated pools being < 1% of levels in untreated pools during 1-and 2-choice tests. We recommend further pen tests to determine minimum effective concentration levels and a field test to determine responses of free-ranging birds.
Recommended Citation
Dolbeer, R. A., Clark, L., Woronecki, P. P., & Seamans, T. W. (1991). Pen tests of methyl anthranilate as a bird repellent in water. In Curtis, P. D., Fargione, M. J., & Caslick, J. E. (Eds.), The Fifth Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference (pp. 112-116). Ithaca, NY: Cornell University.
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Pen Tests of Methyl Anthranilate as a Bird Repellent in Water
Ithaca, New York
Two commercial (ReJeX-iT® brand) formulations of methyl anthranilate (MA), at concentrations of 0.10-0.50% (0.06-0.32% active ingredient [a.i.]), were highly effective in repelling mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), and ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) from pools of water in pen tests. For mallards, pool entries and bill contacts with water in MA-treated pools were 1.4 and 4.0% of the levels in untreated pools during a 2-choice test, and 4.2 and 8.8% of the levels in untreated pools during a 1-choice test. For gulls, the repellency levels were even higher, with activity levels in treated pools being < 1% of levels in untreated pools during 1-and 2-choice tests. We recommend further pen tests to determine minimum effective concentration levels and a field test to determine responses of free-ranging birds.