Hi
I remember, someone from our list once asked that, =93is there any place=
in the world where the population of the birds has increased=85. =93
I was reading a news in Arabic Newspaper Al-Iqtisadiya dated March 05, =
2007 published from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The news says that Mr. Engineer Adil Faqih , the Mayer of Jeddah has s=
igned a contract of 5 million Saudi Riyals with a pest management company=
to control the crows in the city and cornich areas. These birds have beco=
me a problem in Jeddah city and at the Cornich. As the news goes the popula=
tion of crow is about 60,000 in Jeddah alone.
I came to know from the old resident that there were no crows at Jeddah=
before twenty years. I myself saw some birds at date palm tress and other =
places feeding from the food waste in the skip, in the gardens and at corni=
ch before ten years. The crows were very aggressive and trying to make the=
ir place. Wherever, I tried to count the number of crows at a point (tree) =
in many locations in Jeddah, the number was never more than twelve.
In the kingdom the green cover has increased in all the cities tremendous=
ly. Cities are green everywhere. So the population of birds has increased i=
n all the major cities of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia like, Jeddah, Abha, J=
ubail, Dammam, Hofuf, and Riyadh.
Many birds like pigeons, doves, wood peckers, eagles, kites, lesser pigeo=
ns, sparrows and other can be seen singing in the morning and evening.
Population of birds specially crows has increased in Saudi Arabia. Infor=
mation about Saudi Arabia can be seen http://saudinf.com/main/a62.htm
As my job is training the pest management professionals in =91Basic Entom=
ology and Pest Management=92. I would like to know :
Is there any study about the effects of pesticides on acoustic repertoire=
of birds?
Can anyone give more humane new idea about how to manage the problem bir=
ds?
Dr. Abdul Rauf
Entomologist
MASA Establishment
P.O. Box 22026
Riyadh 11495
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tel: 00 966 1 4773994
Fax: 00 966 1 4776834
Mobile : 0565406305
www.masapestcontrol.com.sa
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