CONTROL DEVICES	PRODUCT	DESCRIPTION	BIRD REACTION	YEAR USED	COST
FENCING	GREEN PLASTIC FENCING OR BARRIER FENCING 2' TO 4' TALL	PLASTIC GREEN FENCES FOR LAKE EDGES TO DETER BIRDS FROM WALKING UP TO TURF	GOOD IN BEGINNING, ONCE BIRDS BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO IT FLYING OVER OR FINDING GAPS IN BOTTOM ARE VERY COMMON	EVERY YEAR TO CURRENT	SMALL FENCING FOR GREENS - $35-$40 A ROLL, LARGE FENCING - $50 - $60 A ROLL
DOG	BORDER COLLIE	HARRASSING BIRDS	GOOD, TEMPORARY BIRD FLIGHT UNTIL IN SAFE AREA, ONCE DOG HAS LEFT AREA BIRDS RETURN WITH LITTLE FEAR	EVERY YEAR TO CURRENT	$3,500 FOR ORIGINAL PURCHASE, FOOD, VET, & REGULAR MAINTENCE COSTS
SPRAY	MIGRATE BIRD REPELLENT	METHYL ANTHRANILATE OR MA IS UNDESIRABLE TO BIRDS, IT IS SPRAYED WHERE BIRDS COME AND FEED IN LARGE NUMBERS RESULTING IN A PAINFUL STIMULUS THAT ONLY BIRDS WILL REACT TO.	OK, MOST AREAS KEPT BIRDS OFF FOR A DAY MAYBE TWO, WITNESSED BIRDS BACK IN SAME AREA LATER THAT DAY.  AFTER TURF IS MOWED OR IRRIGATED THE PRODUCT IS GONE AFTER A FEW DAYS	2005, 2006, 2007	2.5 GALLONS PER ACRE, SPRAY RIG DOES 4 ACRES PER LOAD - $95 PER 2.5 GALLONS OR $410 PER APPLICATION
SPRAY	GOOSE CHASE REPELLENT	METHYL ANTHRANILATE OR MA IS UNDESIRABLE TO BIRDS, IT IS SPRAYED WHERE BIRDS COME AND FEED IN LARGE NUMBERS RESULTING IN A PAINFUL STIMULUS THAT ONLY BIRDS WILL REACT TO. THIS PRODUCT HAS A MUCH LOWER ACTIVE INGREDIENT	LESS THAN OK, A FEW HOURS AFTER APPLICATION BIRDS WERE SEEN IN OR AROUND APPLIED AREAS	1999, 2000, 2001	1 GALLON PER ACRE, $95 PER GALLON
FOGGER / SPRAY	REJEX-IT TP40 FOG FORCE	LARGE FOGGING UNIT THAT EMITS METHYL ANTHRANILATE AS A FOG ACROSS BODIES OF WATER AND TURF	LESS THAN OK, THE UNIT IS VERY LOUD MAKING MORE OF A SCARE TACTIC THAN THE ACTUAL FOG.  WINDY CONDITIONS ALSO DO NOT ALLOW THIS PRODUCT TO STAY LOW WHERE DESIRED BIRDS ARE, MANPOWER TO OPERATE THIS IS ALSO DIFFICULT SINCE IT SHOULD BE APPLIED AT NIGHT WHEN BIRDS ARE ROOSTING	1999, 2000	$130 PER GALLON, 25-50 ACRES CAN BE COVERED (ONE MAYBE TWO FOGGING APPLICATIONS)
CONTROL DEVICES	PRODUCT	DESCRIPTION	BIRD REACTION	YEAR USED	COST
GOOSEBUSTER	SPEAKERS PLACED ON A TRAILER MAKING DISTRESS CALLS OF GEESE	WITH A TIMER THIS RANDOMLY WILL PLAY GOOSE DISTRESS CALLS MAKING BIRDS FEEL THREATENED AND AGITATED	LESS THAN OK, AFTER A FEW DAYS GEESE WERE SEEN ADJACENT TO TRAILER AND DID NOT EVEN REACT WHEN NOISES BEGAN	2002, 2003	$800
BAMBOO SHOOTS WITH STREAMERS	2' TALL BAMBOO STICKS WITH MYLAR TAPE ON TOP OF STICKS	WITH THE WINDY CONDITIONS THE TAPE WOULD FLOW WITH THE WIND TO SCARE BIRDS FROM EXITING WATER TO TURF	LESS THAN OK, SIMILAR TO THE FENCING AND GOOSEBUSTER THE BIRDS BECAME FAMILIAR TO THE TAPE AND WOULD WALK DIRECTLY PAST THE STICKS TO THE TURF	2000, 2001, 2002	$100-$200
COYOTE AND WOLF DECOYS	LARGE LIFE-LIKE COYOTE AND WOLF ARCHERY DECOYS	PLACED IN REGULAR FEEDING AREAS OF THE BIRDS AND MOVED AROUND EVERY FEW DAYS THEY WERE VISUALLY SEEN TO GEESE WHEN FLYING OVER	GOOD, WORK WELL IN THE BEGINNING AS GEESE FIRST ARRIVE BUT AFTER GOSSLINGS APPEAR THEY DO NOTHING.  SINCE THE DECOYS DO NOT MOVE THEY DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO ANY OTHER BIRD SPIECES.	2006, 2007	$100-$175 PER DECOY, REPLACEMENT PARTS RUN $20-$40 FOR LEGS AND HEADS
RC BOAT	ELECTRIC RC BOAT FOR PONDS	CHASE BIRDS ROOSTING OR AFTER DOG HAS SCARED INTO WATER TO CONTINUE HARRASSMENT	VERY GOOD, BIRDS WERE VERY AWARE AND NERVOUS TAKING FLIGHT WHEN BOAT IS PLACED IN WATER.  WORKS ON ALL BIRDS, MANPOWER AND GOLFERS IN THE AREA ARE THE ONLY DRAWBACKS	2005, 2006, 2007	$80-$150 DEPENDING ON BOAT SIZE AND DURABLILITY
PROWLER OWL	OWL DECOY	PLASTIC HEAD AND FABRIC FOR THE 4' WINGSPAN SUSPENDED BY A STICK OR POLE, WIND WOULD MOVE THE BODY OF THE OWL AND MAKE A PAPER / FOIL SOUND	LESS THAN GOOD, GEESE AND COOTS BARELY TOOK A GLANCE AT THE OWL AND WITH NO WIND THE COOTS WERE SEEN EATING DIRECTLY UNDER IT.	2005, 2006	$60.00
FISHING LINE	30 LB TEST FISHING LINE ON LAKE EDGES & ACROSS WATER	HELD ONTO BY STAKES THE LINE WAS PUT IN A GRID FORMATION TO MAKE NERVOUS BIRDS EVEN MORE NERVOUS WHEN RUNNING INTO WHEN LANDING ON THE WATER OR TAKING OFF	OK IN SECTIONS, THE LARGER BIRDS AND GOLFERS TRYING TO RETRIEVE BALLS WOULD BREAK THE FISHING LINE, THIS WAS ALSO A POSSIBLE SAFETY CONCERN FOR OTHER NON-TARGETED BIRDS	2005, 2006, 2007	$30-$50
CONTROL DEVICES	PRODUCT	DESCRIPTION	BIRD REACTION	YEAR USED	COST
STRING WITH MYLAR TAPE	KITE STRING WITH MYLAR STREAMERS ATTACHED ON LAKE EDGES	WITH THE WINDY CONDITIONS THE TAPE WOULD FLOW WITH THE WIND TO SCARE BIRDS FROM EXITING WATER TO TURF	LESS THAN OK, SIMILAR TO THE FENCING AND BAMBOO SHOOTS  THE BIRDS BECAME FAMILIAR TO THE TAPE AND STRING AND WOULD WALK AROUND THE AREAS OR FLY OVER THEM	2002, 2003, 2004	$50-$100
SPRINKLERS	SPRINKLERS COME ON WHEN BIRDS ARE IN IRRIGATED AREAS	LARGE SPRINKLER HEADS WERE MANUALLY TURNED ON IN DENSE BIRD AREAS TO SCARE THEM BACK INTO THE WATER.  SMALL LANDSCAPE HEADS WERE PLACED ALONG #10 GREEN AND WERE TIMED TO COME ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY.	THE MANUAL SPRINKLERS WORK VERY GOOD BUT IS DIFFICULT WITH GOLFERS AND EQUIPMENT NEARBY. THE SMALL SPRINKLER EXPERIMENT WAS LESS THAN OK, THE BIRDS WOULD JUST MOVE OUT OF THE WAY AND BARELY FLINCHED AFTER A FEW DAYS OF THEM BEING PLACED.	LARGE SPRINKLERS - 2000 TO CURRENT SMALL SPRINKLERS - 2006	0
STROBE LIGHT ON A FRAME	A FRAME WITH STROBE LIGHT ON TOP ON LAKE EDGE	THE BLINKING LIGHT IS TO IRRITATE THE BIRDS AT NIGHT WHEN TRYING TO SLEEP.  THESE WERE PLACED ALONG THE LAKE EDGES ON    FRONT 9 FOR THE GEESE.	LESS THAN OK, NOT ONLY DID WE SEE NO DIFFERENCE FROM THE BIRDS BUT THEY WERE VERY UNSIGHTLY TO GOLF COURSE.	2004	0
DEVICES STILL ON THE HORIZON OR PRODUCTS NOT ALLOWED IN CALIFORNIA
BIRD BALLS - THESE ARE FLOATING BALLS THAT SIT ON TOP OF THE WATER NOT
ALLOWING THE BIRDS TO LAND OR ROOST. THEY DO ALLOW WATER AND BIRDS OR
ANIMALS GET IN AND OUT IF NEEDED.  THESE  BALLS ARE A BIT EXPENSIVE AND WILL
TAKE AWAY FROM LOOK OF NATURAL WATER, THE DEALERS WHO SELL THESE
HAVE HAD VERY GOOD RESULTS WITH  ELIMINATING BIRD POPULATIONS .
GATOR GUARD - FLOATING GATOR HEAD MOVING IN LAKES.  THIS WILL WOULD NEED
TO BE ANCHORED AND MONITORED DAILY TO MAKE SURE IT IS MOVING CORRECTLY AND IS NOT STUCK ON DEBRIS IN THE WATER
FLIGHT CONTROL PLUS SPRAY REPELLENT - THIS PRODUCT IS NOT ALLOWED IN CALIFORNIA
OVOCONTROL FOR GEESE - RECENTLY APPROVED FOR USE IN CALIFORNIA.  THIS IS A RESTRICTED MATERIAL
AND MUST BE USED WITH ASSISTANCE FROM FISH AND GAME
LASER LIGHTS ON AND ADJACENT TO PONDS TO IRRITATE ROOSTING BIRDS AT NIGHT - POSSIBILITY OF THEFT