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  2. Bird control - Wikipedia

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    Bird control or bird abatement involves the methods to eliminate or deter pest birds from landing, roosting and nesting. Bird control is important because pest birds can create health-related problems through their feces, including histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, and psittacosis. [1] Bird droppings may also cause damage to property and equipment.

  3. Bird scarer - Wikipedia

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    Bird scarers is a blanket term used to describe devices designed for deterring birds by startling, confusing or otherwise repeling them, typically employed in commercial settings by farmers to dissuade birds from consuming and defecating on recently planted arable crops. Numerous bird scarers are also readily available to the public direct to ...

  4. Bagas Kaffa - Wikipedia

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    Bagas Kaffa agreed a contract with Barito Putera in 2019. Even his contract was extended until 2023. He is determined to win a position as a regular player at Laskar Antasari. [3] Bagas Kaffa made his first-team debut on 6 March 2020 as a starting in a match against Bali United where he played the full 90 minutes as a right back. [4]

  5. Scarecrow - Wikipedia

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    Scarecrows in a rice paddy in Japan. A scarecrow is a decoy or mannequin that is often in the shape of a human. Humanoid scarecrows are usually dressed in old clothes and placed in open fields to discourage birds from disturbing and feeding on recently cast seed and growing crops. [1]

  6. Plant defense against herbivory - Wikipedia

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    Viburnum lesquereuxii leaf with insect damage; Dakota Sandstone (Cretaceous) of Ellsworth County, Kansas. Scale bar is 10 mm. Knowledge of herbivory in geological time comes from three sources: fossilized plants, which may preserve evidence of defense (such as spines) or herbivory-related damage; the observation of plant debris in fossilised animal feces; and the structure of herbivore mouthparts.

  7. Tool use by non-humans - Wikipedia

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    New Caledonian crows have also been observed performing tool use behaviour that had hitherto not been described in non-human animals. The behaviour is termed "insert-and-transport tool use". This involves the crow inserting a stick into an object and then walking or flying away holding both the tool and object on the tool. [130]

  8. Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 - Wikipedia

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    Sign on Bodmin Moor, citing the Countryside and Rights of Way Act, and noting that the land is open access.It also warns of abandoned mine shafts in the area.. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37), known informally as the CRoW Act or "Right to Roam" Act, is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament affecting England and Wales which came into force on 30 November 2000.

  9. Corvus: A Life with Birds - Wikipedia

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    The book details the family's bird rescues, mostly consisting of crows. [1] The rook Chicken was adopted by Woolfson as a fledgling and she began feeding the bird a diet of minced meat, eggs, and nuts. [2] Chicken's full name is Madame Chickeboumskaya, after an American drag queen. [4]