Here is a link to info on the repellant including how the repellent works.
http://tinyurl.com/43oetl
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Date: 19/12/2008 10:38:19 AM
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Subject: Repellent used on corn to repel cranes in US
How does this repellent work? Does it make the corn taste bad? And
incidentally what
do they mean by corn - as it's American I presume they mean maize?
I can't see cranes attacking corn once it's in the cob stage, so perhaps
it's applied
when the crop is sown or just coming up, when the young plant and seed might
well be
attractive to the birds.
If it was applied to fruit, human customers might object. You can't really
wash
stone-fruit before marketing without damage, though one should wash
commercially grown
fruit before use anyway. but it is certainly an interesting idea. I'd just
like to get
some mulberries for myself off my very productive 20 metre tree, but birds
and
flying-foxes get the lot long before they're ripe. They take the fruit when
it is just
pink.
Anthea Fleming
> Apparently the corn farmers in the US are using a repellent which is
> harmless to but stops the increasing number of cranes eating the seed. We
> need something like this on the Cherry & Apple orchards and vineyards
around
> this area.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/4nquyb
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