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

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

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.

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.