tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post5894800652798264236..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: OvoControl PSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-5460445314929290202007-11-23T13:56:00.000-08:002007-11-23T13:56:00.000-08:00Anonymous: I don't think humans are holding the ra...Anonymous: I don't think humans are holding the raptors from migrating the way they do geese. What is happening is a small bunch of introduced peregrines and a big increase (unstudied and un- admitted) in urban Cooper's. The second species is I suspect the one taking a lot of tame pigeons.Steve Bodiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-3680184155779134892007-11-23T11:01:00.000-08:002007-11-23T11:01:00.000-08:00With the focus being on "preserve the BOP" lately ...With the focus being on "preserve the BOP" lately has anyone thought beyond the length of a hawk wing what the long term effect of upsetting the "urban" ecosystem will be? <BR/>Right now the protected BOP is decimating the pigeon fanciers of So Cal. They aren`t eating feral pigeons,they are eating pet pigeons. They are eating songbirds too,if the bird flu wan`t enough if a strain on them. <BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, pigeons DO NOT get the bird flu. Scientists had to directly infuse pigeons with 1000 times the normal amount of virus to make them sick. They recovered in four days. <BR/><BR/>I do see dovectoing and ovocontrol as a decent method of controlling the feral population. Question is will the government reduce the number of BOP`s when the population is reduced or will they just let them wipe out the rest of the bird population? They are the top of the avain food chain. We know from biology 101 what happens when the top slot is overpopulated.<BR/><BR/>Species collapse.<BR/><BR/> Most BOP`s are supposed to migrate every year. Seemingly since the states have been coddling them most have ceased to migrate upsetting the natural balance in the first few stages of the game. More studies need to be done to come to some kind of conclusion to the BOP overpopulation which can very well lead to decimation of more species of birds than pigeons.<BR/><BR/>Hmmm makes you wonder...<BR/><BR/>khAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-44673521456814120712007-08-01T21:17:00.000-07:002007-08-01T21:17:00.000-07:00Indeed. Haven't they watched Jurassic Park...natur...Indeed. Haven't they watched Jurassic Park...nature finds a way! <BR/><BR/>I don't understand why they don't ban crazy bird lady from dropping twenty pounds of pigeon food on a dozen different street corners every day. We ban people from feeding parrots because they might get bit in SF (not because the parrots are an abomination to the natural ecosystem--which I might buy into) and allow the crazy rich bird lady to turn normal pigeon flocks into vermin by feeding them mass amounts of food. -- so birth control for pigeons and tickets for feeding the parrots. Yeah, I know. I'm moving eventually.Rebecca K. O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03203358870369377876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-21280534871876777152007-08-01T05:42:00.000-07:002007-08-01T05:42:00.000-07:00I remember a somewhat similar initiative with some...I remember a somewhat similar initiative with some pest crop insect; large numbers of sterilized males were introduced into the population in an effort to keep the breeding down. I'm not sure if it worked well or not.<BR/><BR/>Is it completely cynical for me to think, however, that if some major Hollywood star endorsed pigeon meat as delicious, healthy and the secret to their good looks that we could curb their populations at significant profit?<BR/><BR/>Just sayin'<BR/><BR/><BR/>-R. A. W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com