Prevent Toxic Tailing Pond Bird Kills with the Bird Wailer

Resolve Bird Problems at Tailing Ponds, Preventing Bird Kills with High Tech Audio Bird Deterrents 

Tailing ponds, also called mine dumps, oil sands, culm dumps, tails, leach residue, and retention ponds form as part of the process when materials are separated from valuable minerals and ore. Tailing dams are often the most significant environmental liability for a mining project. Oil sands producers are often fined millions of dollars when their tailing waste kills migratory birds.  But when responsible mining companies operate tailing ponds, they often incorporate the cost of rehabilitation, which includes installing or setting up bird deterrents to help prevent migratory bird kills.

What impact or considerations does tailing ponds have on Migratory birds?

The destructive impact the tar sands industry has had on land/forest globally has resulted in the loss of hundreds of thousands of birds, including protected migratory birds.  Preventing Tailing pond bird kills, including waterfowl, ducks, Sage Grouse and 100’s of other bird species, is good for the environment. 

How do you stop Tailing Pond Bird Kills?

Traditionally energy companies have installed Bird Netting over oil ponds and/or employed high tech audio bird scare devices like the Zon Gun Mark IV propane cannons stationed around the perimeter. Both of these systems can be effective, but have their drawbacks.

4" Bird Netting over contamination Pond

Bird Netting is often used over contamination ponds, but is labor intensive and can be very expensive. Moreover, the netting and perimeter support system must be installed correctly to accommodate the heavy ice / snow loads that is typical of tailing pond locations. If you choose to install Bird Netting, it needs to be installed by a professional bird control company with experience installing Netting over tailing ponds.

Audio Bird Deterrents:

The Zon Gun Mark 4 Propane Cannons can also help keep birds away with their loud booming blasts. Zon Gun Bird Scare Cannon's are often used at airports, agricultural farms and mine dumps. When using Zon Gun Mark 4 Cannons make sure you mount them on tripods with timers to increase coverage and effectiveness. The Zon Gun Bird Scare Cannons should also occasionally be moved and have the timing of the blasts randomized to avoid habituation to the predictable cannon sound.

Bird Wailer is highly effective at Preventing Tailing Pond Bird Kills

The Wetlands Bird Wailer

The Phoenix Agritech Wetlands Bird Wailer has been used successfully to prevent migratory bird kills at tailing ponds, oil sands, and retention ponds in Canada, United States and around the world. 

The Bird Wailer is the most advanced audio bird deterrent in the world and is very successful at preventing migratory kills birds and frightening away wildlife such as coyotes. The key to the Bird Wailer’s high success rate is its geographic / species-specific alarm / distress sounds and indigenous predator calls which are broadcast on a high-end audio system. 

This system utilizes a sweeping rotational surround sound system. The Bird Wailer distress calls are sent out at randomized intervals and varying lengths of time, which lessons the chance of habituation to the same sounds and eliminates human labor.  The Bird Wailers' super speakers will also redirect flocks of birds up to 3000’ feet, thereby preventing them from flying over and being tempted to land in the pond. Major corporations such as Conoco Phillips have successfully used the Bird Wailer for years to stop bird kills. The Bird Wailer bird deterrent is highly effective, proven and saves tens of thousands of dollars on product, installation and maintenance costs.

“I would like to inform you that we have been very pleased with the Phoenix Wailer electronic bird deterrent system we purchased from you three years ago.”

Mike Acker
Environmental Scientist
Phillips 66

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Combine Audio Deterrents with Visual Bird Deterrents

All bird scare products work best when used in combination with each other, as they increase the bird’s fear and flight response to the perceived predator threat. While in most cases the Bird Wailer will prevent oil sand bird kills, it never hurts to incorporate additional bird deterrents.  Along with the Bird Wailer we recommend installing a series of visual bird deterrents above the pond and when possible floating on the water.  If there are cables or lines above the mine dumps, clip on a Holographic Bird Scare Flash Strip, Holographic Bird Scare Flash Strip, Dead Crow Bird Scare Decoy, Fire Eye Bird Diverter Device.  But don’t use the provided croc clip, instead, use a clip that can be secured tightly around the cable and be able to withstand high winds.  These same bird deterrents can also be installed on a life preserver using a Whip Rod Kit to float on the water. Also to up the confusion level for the birds, as back up, add a couple of Zon Gun Mark 4 Cannon or the Zon Gun Electra Scare Cannon around the perimeter. 

* A combination of audio / visual products should be deployed and re-located as birds react. 

Contact us at mark@birdsgottago.com with details about your bird problem and we can work with you to determine the best bird control products to deter the birds from your property.

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Stop Damage to Blueberry Crops using Audio & Visual Bird Deterrents

Birds & wildlife cause millions of dollars worth of damage every year to blueberry crops.  The loss of these crops not only affects the farmers’ yield, it also leads to lost jobs from the loss in income. This is becoming large problem due the continued expansion of blueberry crop size and the increase in restrictions for repellents and toxins.
Birds are one of the leading sources of crop damage that impacts farmers negatively, creating a crop loss of 10% all the way up to 60% in some instances.  All sorts of birds can contribute to the loss of crops, but the main problem birds are starlings, robins, blackbirds and finches. Animals like rabbits, raccoons, and porcupines also play a role in damaging blueberries.

Out dated bird control methods
Farmers have experienced limited success using bird control methods in the past because the birds tended to become accustomed to the sounds and/or visual products that were available.  Common audio deterrents just repeat bird distress calls over and over and use generic bird/predator calls that are not specific to the geographic location. The predictable play pattern and the unfamiliar predator sounds tend to fail after a few days. 

Solution: Use a combination of modern agricultural bird deterrents.

To successfully increase your crop yield, a combination of bird deterrent products should be deployed about 6 weeks before fruit starts to show color.

Small vineyards or farms can use The Bird Squawker. It is from the same family of products as the Bird Wailer with the same kinds of  bird distress and predator calls , but it’s designed for use on smaller plots of land. The Zon Gun Mark IV Propane Cannon is another effective bird deterrent that can be used along with the Bird Wailer to create additional confusion in the flocks.  The Zon Gun Mark IV Propane Cannon. A lightweight portable propane-fired cannon emits automatic thunderclaps that deter pest birds and other nuisance wildlife. When using a Zon Gun Mark IV Propane Cannon to repel problem birds, make sure you purchase the additional tripod, which allows the gun to change directions after every blast.  This creates a more realistic ‘threat’ from the bird or nuisance animal’s perspective. Also available is the Zon Gun Electra Bird Scare Cannon which has a built in Timer. 

 
Visual Bird Deterrents
While the Bird Wailer is designed to be a stand-alone product, when you combine it with visual bird deterrents you will increase the chances of a successful bird scare campaign.  The small amount spent will be more than made up by the increase in your crop value.
Visual bird deterrents work on bird’s predatory fear of sudden movement and predator effigies. A variety of visual deterrents like the Dead Crow Bird Scare Decoy, Holographic Owl, Holographic Repel Strips, Scare Eye Balloons, ScareEye Octopus, Mylar Flash Tape   Bird Free Bird Repellent Gel appears as flames to birds and can be hung on branches in pre-loaded dishes and a  bird scare device called the Flying Falcon Bird Diverter fly's on wire up to 100' in the air. This product creates the fear that a predator is flying over the vineyard.  Position the visual deterrents so that they can move freely in the wind and thereby catch the bird’s attention. This, combined with the predator calls and bird distress calls creates an ‘area of terror’ that constitutes a realistic threat to the birds’ safety, causing them to search elsewhere for their meal or roosting location.

Electrified Critter Netting
If you are experiencing a problem with small animals like raccoons and porcupines, Electrified Critter Netting can be set up around the perimeter of the field to keep them out and train the animals to go somewhere else.  Electrified Critter Netting provides a static electric-like shock to the animals, convincing them that whatever is on the other side of the net barrier is not worth taking the risk of the shock from the netting. 

Reduce crop loss to birds
By installing modern and effective bird control products like those mentioned above, you can dramatically increase crop yield and value.  The small upfront investment will be rewarded at the end of the season.  Devices like the Bird Wailer and Zon Gun Mark IV Propane Cannon can be deployed year-after-year, making for a very cost-effective investment in crop protection.

Contact us at mark@birdsgottago.com with details about your bird problem and we can work with you to determine the best bird control products to deter the birds from your property.

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Geese problems on grass & lawns, stop geese from damaging lawns

Geese Problems on grass and lawns -
When geese are eating or damaging turf, apply Migrate Taste Deterrent to the grass in grazing areas to make the grass unpalatable to geese without hurting them. In addition, pairs of Dead Geese Decoys can be deployed on the problem area. From fences, or low hanging branches or bushes hang Holographic Owls, Scare Eye Balloons and strips of Mylar Tape and Repel Strips. Also install Away with Geese Land & Residental Based Unit & the Away with Geese Water Based Geese Deterrent near the problem area to disrupt the geese sleep pattern. Also a few Gull-Cat Bird Deterrenton your lawn will also help scare pesky geese. For large flocks of geese we recommend X-Trme Goose Problem Control Kit. Set the visual bird deterrents in and around the problem area. We also recommend adding a few Coyote Predator Decoys.

Solutions for geese damaging agriculture, wetlands, tailing ponds -
For larger areas of land experiencing geese problems, the same tactic of combining audio &visual bird deterrents should be deployed as they increase the birds fear and flight response to the perceived predator threat.

The Vineyards Bird Wailer and Wetlands Bird Wailer^TM audio bird deterrent system is highly effective at keeping birds away from large plots of land or water. The Bird Wailer is not a ‘scare’ system relying on loud noises, but instead, creates a "No Fly" zone of rotational, surround sound at normaldb’s making it uncomfortable for the birds to remain in the area. The Bird Wailer can cover up to 20 acres and is custom programmed for the geographic location with species-specific sound deterrents. The Zon Gun

A lightweight portable propane-fired cannon emits automatic thunderclaps that deter pest birds and other nuisance wildlife. The Zon Gun has long been used to keep geese away from parks, lakes, farms, oil spills. Another new product is the hand held Avian Dissuader, which is a humane bird scare device that moves pest birds with a laser. The Avian Dissuader is a great tool for proactively moving birds at dusk and dawn. It’s primarily used to deny targeted birds their desired roost. Forcing birds to a different overnight roost usually means that they go somewhere else to forage during the day. Also to deter flocks from the area flying a Flying Falcon Bird Deterrent over the area has been shown to be effective.

Contact us at mark@birdsgottago.com with details about your bird problem and we can work with you to determine the best bird control products to deter the birds from your property.

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