Cormorants

Abstract

The Bird Damage Unit Records (NWRC 0010) document the activities of NWRC researchers from the early 1900s through the early 2000s as they worked to protect agricultural interests from bird depredations and disease, both domestically and abroad. The NWRC bird unit has worked with a diverse group of cooperators including airports, universities, farmers, feedlot operators, the U.S. military, and other associated researchers to effectively reduce bird damage to a variety of resources.

Scope and Contents Series I includes six boxes of records related to the management of bird damage to agriculture and aquaculture in the Southeast. The majority of records in this collection were created during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s. Topics include control of damage caused by cormorants, egrets, and herons at fish farms and control of damage to agriculture and feedlots by blackbirds, starlings, and grackles. Records related to methods such as scare devices, surfactants, roost sprays, roost...