Radio-controlled models for bird dispersal

• Published in: Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference
• Main Author: Carter, Nicholas B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: eScholarship, University of California 2002
• Subjects: border collies; radio-controlled aircraft; radio-controlled boats; harassment; wildlife control; bird control; gulls; Larus spp; black vultures; Cathartes aura; Canada geese; Branta canadensis; snow geese; Chen caerulescens; ducks; waterfowl; Dover Air Force Base; Life Sciences; Canada; Dover; Canada Goose
• Online Access: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/0dz2t72w

Border Collie Rescue (BCR), in cooperation with the Dover Air Force Base (AFB), conducted a series of field trials to test the efficacy of utilizing radio-controlled models (RCs) (aircraft and boats) in dispersing several species of birds from troublesome locations around the Dover AFB environment....