About

Gender

Male


Location

Gardnerville, NV


About Me:

Civil Engineer for 40+ years managing large water systems Currently a farmer raising berries for commercial sales I am also a local CERT member with lots of experience in local and national disaster response


Please tell us a bit about your UAV interest

Interested in UAV to deter birds (birds of prey are now a big deal, but why not UAV?) Also interested in UAV for disaster response for CERT members...perhaps leverage routine bird control with priority emergency response. 2 for 1.


Hometown:

Gardnerville, Nevada


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Jack Jacobs replied to Jack Jacobs's discussion Drones for Bird Control on a Berry Farm
"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…"
Sep 29, 2015
Jack Jacobs posted a discussion
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…
Jan 14, 2015