Zosterops lateralis

Problems caused by birds in grape, fruit and nut crops

Bird damage to fruit and nut crops is very variable and is a result of a number of largely independent factors (success of the previous breeding season, availability of natural […]

Topics: Acridotheres tristis, bird, bird damage, Common blackbird, Common myna, crops, crow, exclusion, FRUIT, galah, Honeyeaters, long-billed corella, parrots, Pied Currawong, raven, scarecrows, scaring, silvereye, starling, Strepera graculina, Sturnus vulgaris, sulphur-crested cockatoo, Turdus merula, Zosterops lateralis

Impacts of aerial 1080 poisoning on the birds of Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand

In November 1990, an eradication program was started against brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) and rock wallabies (Petrogale penicillata) on Rangitoto Island, New Zealand. Green-dyed pellets containing 1080 poison (sodium fluoroacetate) […]

Topics: Birds, Petrogale penicillata, Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae, rodenticid, SODIUM FLUOROACETATE, TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA, wallabies, Zosterops lateralis