A questionnaire survey of bird damage to fruit
Open Access
- 1 May 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
- Vol. 13 (2) , 362-371
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.1970.10425409
Abstract
Replies by New Zealand fruitgrowers to a questionnaire suggested that the most troublesome bird species in their crops were blackbird (Turdus merula), song thrush (Turdus ericetorum), myna (Acridotheres tristis), starling (Sturnus Vulgaris), white-eye (Zosterops lateralis), and house sparrow (Passer domesticus); and that the most serious damage was to strawberries, grapes, cherries, pears, and apples. Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis) and redpolls (Carduelis flammea) ate strawberry seeds, and redpolls, sparrows, chaffinches (Fringilla coelebs), and greenfinches (Chloris chloris) attacked fruit buds. Current control methods and their claimed effectiveness are tabulated.Keywords
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