PROCEEDINGS: NINTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE

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1 Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings collection Proceedings of the 9th Vertebrate Pest Conference (1980) University of Nebraska Lincoln Year 1980 PROCEEDINGS: NINTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE This paper is posted at of Nebraska - Lincoln.

2 Proceedings: VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE MARCH 4-6, 1980 FRESNO, CALIFORNIA

3 PROCEEDINGS NINTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE Hilton Hotel Fresno, California March 4, 5 and 6, 1980 EDITOR JERRY P. CLARK ASSISTANT EDITOR REX E. MARSH VERTEBRATE COUNCIL Donald H. Anderson Dell 0. Clark Jerry P. Clark A. Charles Crabb Maynard W. Cummings Richard H. Dana Richard W. DeHaven John E. Golden Walter E. Howard W.J. Johnson (now deceased) Michael 0. Keffer James W. Koehler Minoo B. Madon Rex E. Marsh Thomas K. Palmer Terrell P. Salmon Charles C. Siebe Ronald A. Thompson Dave Zeiner Ventura County Department of Agriculture University of California, now BlueBird Enterprises U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Sacramento County Department of Agriculture California Department of Water Resources California Department of Health Services U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service California Department of Fish and Game 1980 Published at, California Arranged by the VERTEBRATE PEST COUNCIL OF THE VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE Cover Drawing by Nona Smith, i

4 NINTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND CONFERENCE COMMITTEES CHAIRPERSON Jerry P. Clark Biologist, Control and Eradication,, Ceres, CHAIRPERSON-ELECT--Rex E. Marsh Specialist In Vertebrate Ecology, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology, University of California, Davis, BUSINESS MANAGER-Dell 0. Clark Biologist, Control and Eradication,, Sacramento, PAST CHAIRPERSON ( ) Walter E. Howard Professor of Wildlife Biology and Vertebrate Ecologist, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology,, PAST CHAIRPERSON ( )-Charles C. Siebe Program Supervisor, Weed and Vertebrate Pest Control, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON Michael 0. Keffer Biologist, Exclusion and Detection,, Sacramento, PUBLICITY CHAIRPERSON Richard W. DeHaven Research Biologist, DWRC, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Davis, ARRANGEMENTS CHAIRPERSON-Thomas J. Patrick Biologist, Control and Eradication,, Fresno, REGISTRATION CHAIRPERSON-Denis A. Griffin Biologist, Exclusion and Detection,, Fresno, SESSION CHAIRPERSONS Conrad Schilling Deputy Agricultural Commissioner, Fresno County Department of Agriculture, Fresno, John DeGrazio Research Biologist, Denver Wildlife Research Center, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Denver, Colorado. David E. Schneider Editor, Pest Control Magazine, Cleveland, Ohio. Ronald M. Gilman Assistant Agricultural Commissioner, Santa Barbara County Department of Agriculture, Santa Barbara, Rex 0. Baker Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, William D. Fitzwater Director, BioLogic Consultants, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Walter E. Howard (Session leader - evening program) Professor and Ecologist, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology,, ii

5 CONTENTS Page OPENING COMMENTS NINTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE Jerry P. Clark KEYNOTE ADDRESS NEW CONCEPTS IN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT Lester McCann THE SITUATION OF GRAIN-EATING BIRDS IN SOMALIA Richard L. Bruggers AVITROL-TREATED BAIT FOR PROTECTION OF GRAPES FROM HOUSE FINCH DAMAGE Lee R. Martin and William T. Jarvis LEVELS OF BIRD DAMAGE TO SORGHUM IN THE AWASH BASIN OF ETHIOPIA AND THE EFFECTS OF THE CONTROL OF QUELEA NESTING COLONIES ( ) Michael M. Jaeger and William A. Erickson EXCLUSION OF GULLS FROM RESERVOIRS IN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA William Amling BAITING BLACKBIRD AND STARLING CONGREGATING AREAS IN KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE C.E. Knittle, J.L. Guarino, P.C. Nelson, R.W. DeHaven and D.J. Twedt USE OF RID-A-BIRD PERCHES FOR PIGEON CONTROL (Paper not available) Michael W. and Laurie A. Kessel RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS WHICH PROTECT CORN FROM BIRDS (Paper not available) John T. Linehan DISPERSING BLACKBIRDS AND STARLINGS FROM OBJECTIONABLE ROOST SITES Donald F. Mott PROTECTING POLYETHYLENE IRRIGATION PIPES AGAINST DAMAGE CAUSED BY WOODPECKERS Shmuel Moran, Chaim Keidar and Yehuda Wolf FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL ESTABLISHMENT OF EXOTIC AVIAN SPECIES IN SOUTHEASTERN FLORIDA Alison C. Rand THE INFLUENCE OF INSECTS IN BIRD DAMAGE CONTROL Paul P. Woronecki and Richard A. Dolbeer NEEDS OF COUNTY AGENTS FOR VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL INFORMATION IN GEORGIA Jeffrey J. Jackson FEDERALLY REGISTERED PESTICIDES FOR VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL Raymond W. Matheny ENVIRONMENTAL MANIPULATION IN ROOF RAT CONTROL PROGRAMS Gene Zdunowski RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDE RESISTANCE STUDIES: SURVEILLANCE AND APPLICATION IN THE UNITED STATES Stephen C. Frantz and Constance M. Padula TOXICITY OF VACOR TO HUMANS (Paper not available) S.A. Peoples PLAGUE STUDIES IN CALIFORNIA THE ROLES OF VARIOUS SPECIES OF SYLVATIC RODENTS IN PLAGUE ECOLOGY IN CALIFORNIA Bernard C. Nelson MAMMALS AND BIRDS AFFECTING FOOD PRODUCTION AND STORAGE IN NIGERIA Oluwadare Funmilayo MULTIPLE LITTERS IN THE CALIFORNIA GROUND SQUIRREL, Spermophilus beecheyi fisheri, IN TULARE COUNTY George L. Simpson and Thomas K. Lamunyon HAZARDS TO SMALL MAMMALS ASSOCIATED WITH UNDERGROUND STRYCHNINE BAITING FOR POCKET GOPHERS Kathleen A. Fagerstone, Victor G. Barnes, Jr., R. Michael Anthony, and James Evans iii

6 Page RAT CONTROL IN COCONUT PALMS IN COLOMBIA Danilo Valencia TASTE-AVERSION LEARNING AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR RODENT CONTROL Robert J. Robbins STUDIES ON THE TOXICITY OF VACOR (RH-787) ON THE REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY OF Rattus rattus rufescens Y. Saxena, P.P. Sharma and M. Zutshi DERATIZATION OF BUDAPEST AND FIVE YEARS OF FOLLOW-UP CONTROL MEASURES* Daniel Bajomi THE PROBLEM OF PIKA CONTROL IN BALUCHISTAN, PAKISTAN Abdul Aziz Khan and William R. Smythe MOUNTAIN BEAVER PROBLEMS IN THE FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA, OREGON AND WASHINGTON John E. Borrecco and Robert J. Anderson EFFICACY TESTS OF DIFFERENT RODENTICIDES ON SOME SPECIES OF RATS IN THAILAND Kasem Tongtavee SOCIOECONOMIC AND ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF FIELD RAT CONTROL IN TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL COUNTRIES** Hans Kurylas THE HABITS AND INFLUENCE ON THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE OLD WORLD PORCUPINE Hystrix cristata L. IN THE NORTHERNMOST PART OF ITS RANGE L. Santini POPULATION STUDIES ON GERBILS OF THE WESTERN DESERT OF EGYPT, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO Gerbillus andersoni DE WINTON Kamal Wassif and Sohail Soliman DEER-PROOF FENCES FOR ORCHARDS: A NEW LOOK AT ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY James W. Caslick ARMADILLOS: PROBLEMS AND CONTROL Patricia A. Chamberlain AN ECOLOGICAL STRATEGY FOR CONTROLLING BOVINE RABIES THROUGH ELIMINATION OF VAMPIRE BATS Rexford D. Lord CHANGES IN A FERAL PIG POPULATION AFTER POISONING James Hone and Henry Pedersen RED KANGAROO MANAGEMENT IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA CD. Gooding PREDATOR DAMAGE CONTROL, 1980: RECENT HISTORY AND CURRENT STATUS Dale A. Wade SHEEP LOSSES ON NATIONAL FOREST IN RELATION TO 1080 USAGE (Paper to be published elsewhere) Greg Lynch LITHIUM CHLORIDE BAIT AVERSION DID NOT INFLUENCE PREY KILLING BY COYOTES Richard J. Burns and Guy E. Connolly EFFICACY OF PREDATOR DAMAGE CONTROL PROGRAMS Roger D. Nass * Although the author was unable to attend the Conference, his paper is included with his permission. **In the absence of the author, the paper was presented by Daniel C. Evans. In the absence of the author, the paper was presented by Juan Spillett. This paper has been accepted for publication in Journal of Range Management. iv

7 Page USE OF TOXICANTS FOR COYOTE CONTROL BY LIVESTOCK PRODUCERS IN ALBERTA Michael J. Dorrance DEVELOPMENT OF A SIMPLE TWO-INGREDIENT PYROTECHNIC FUMIGANT Peter J. Savarie, James R. Tigner, Donald J. Elias and David J. Hayes THE NEED FOR GOOD PUBLIC RELATIONS AND STAFF TRAINING IN THE USE OF TOXINS IN PEST DESTRUCTION* Peter C. Nelson CLOSING REMARKS - NINTH VERTEBRATE PEST CONFERENCE Rex E. Marsh CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS Editors' note: The papers appear as originally written except for minor instances where changes were made for the sake of clarity and uniformity of style. The editors wish to thank (Mrs.) Sydni Gillette who typed the manuscripts and (Mrs.) Dorothy Beadle for proofreading and assistance in assembling the Proceedings for publication. *Although the author was unable to attend the Conference, his paper is included with his permission. v