The Flockers
This is a new podcast which focuses on the Australian and New Zealand Bird Management Industry. Each weekly episode will discuss the impacts of pest birds, behavioural traits, management strategies, minimising conducive elements that encourage pest birds and creating a starting point to reduce the issue. We will also be conducting regular interviews with professional bird managers, equipment manufactures, researchers and scientist, members of the animal ethics community and legislators. Our presenter is Peter McCarthy. Peter has been a member of the pest management industry since completing university in the late 1980’s. He began introducing bird management products, systems and training in Australia from 1994. As an innovator, he has introduced new systems in visual deterrents, electrified systems, electronic avian sensors and the latest developments in electromagnetic and ducted ozone technology. Peter remains a director of PestIT, a leader in Australian bird management and a founding admin on the Australian Pest Management Network, Australia’s largest Facebook group for our industry. We hope you join us on our journey with The Flockers!
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Episodes
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Today we share a Flockers Interview with James Blatherwick on Visual Bird Deterrence. Introduced to Australia in the Mid-2000's and later in New Zealand, we discuss this "open space" deterrent system called Eagle Eye. The system uses flashes from a rotating device to disorient birds as they approach a area, building or orchard. The system has evolved over to a broad range of effective bird scaring devices. For more information, visit www.pestIT.com.au
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Tuesday Nov 01, 2022
Today we share our first Flockers Interview with Mike Price on Electromagnetic Bird Deterrence. New to Australia and New Zealand, we discuss this game changing technology using Flock Off to deter pest birds from landing on or entering structures. Using an electromagnet field to interrupt the birds navigational processes, this offers bird managers a strong deterrence strategy in a variety of situations. For more information, visit www.flockoff.com
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
In todays discussion we highlight the many reasons how pest birds bring health related risks into the workplace, along with mess, smell and noise. Equally, we discuss financial burden and impacts on businesses, the construction of new buildings, the damage to company reputations and ultimately the concerns pest birds pose on ourselves as consumers of goods we purchase.
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Thursday Oct 13, 2022
Here is the first in an ongoing series of Pest Profile Podcasts. Today we will focus our discussion on a particular pest bird species, a native common Seagull called the Silver Gull. This episode outlines aspects applicable to behaviour, identification, distribution, habits, health implications, impacts to buildings and management of the species.
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Thursday Oct 06, 2022
Welcome to The Flockers - The Australian Bird Management Podcast. Today we introduce our host Peter McCarthy and discuss our plans, format, future episodes and what to expect from this podcast series.
We will focus our attention to pest birds impacting businesses in Australia and New Zealand and we look forward to presenting a wide range of informative topics, discussions and interviews.