I am a berry farmer in Gardnerville Nevada with 1000 raspberry and blackberry plants. Every year I have tried methods to control robins and other birds with noise and mylar. The current best practice is with predatory birds. I am interested in trying drones, especially with an automated program (unmanned) to start, find/scare birds, and then shutdown just like I would do if I was out in the field directing falcons. This kind of work may be grant fundable. Anyone with experience here or interested?
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Jack
I know this thread is very old, but I wanted to share with you that we are working on bird control drones here at Flock Free bird control.
Here is the video of the prototype drone.
https://youtu.be/f-xZLO2friU
This drone will help us keep pressure on the birds while the other control measures begin to work.
We are developing another larger drone to serve a few other needs for agriculture bird control.
Don Wiggins
Flock Free Bird Control solutions
https://flockfree.com
donwiggins@flockfree.com
thanks...controlling robins in our field requires constant patrol since the birds come at all times for a bit of our berries. While falconry looks very promising and is used by some berry farmers, I think the cost and effort for our farm would be prohibitive. This is why I am interested in drones.
You need this... I see in any Spanish shop but now I can´t remember
https://youtu.be/K0dqqJA5glM
A similar topic here:
http://diydrones.com/forum/topics/bird-chaser-diy-drone-protect
A number of drones for bird scaring are found here:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-suffolk-27069825
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/scien...
http://www.riseaboveaerials.com.au/products/vulcan-uav-bird-control...
http://birdsoff.com.au/drone-remote-controlled/