Up to 2004 the best any bird control contractor such as rats, cockroaches and lice. These far less could do was to close the holes and spike the attractive creatures seem to inhabit the darker and landing spots. dirtier realms and their appearance…., well, let’s With new technology available the emphasis has just say that they are not all that easy to love. shifted from “close the holes”, to “chase the birds Birds, on the other hand, we invite into our lives. from my building”. This is where the Eagle Eye™ Bird We feed them in parks, we entice them into our Chaser has become the most sought after product gardens and even tolerate them at the outside to use in the bird control contractors amour. tables at our restaurants. These beautiful creatures “The Eagle Eye™ Bird Chaser is the best open area are however potentially deadly vectors of more bird control product in the world at the moment”. than 60 known serious diseases to man. Some of these diseases can be fatal. Birds are highly mobile, their nests are virtually WHAT IS THE “EAGLE EYE™” inaccessible and their ‘beauty’ makes anyone who The Eagle Eye™ is an optical bird scarer approved tries to kill them very unpopular. This “Ahh Shame!” The eco-friendly and recommended by the Department of Nature factor is their greatest defence. Pigeons, geese, Conservation. starlings and house sparrows for example often • It is the first bird scarer to harmlessly relocate carry one or more of the diseases described above. alternative- birds successfully from unwanted areas such as Note that birds are not affected themselves and so residential or commercial buildings, airstrips, look wonderfully healthy. to a deadly farm lands, silos, golf greens, public areas, etc. Even if you don’t come into direct contact with the • The Eagle Eye™ bird-scarer does not harm more than 50 parasites the birds carry, they can serious problem. the birds in any way and thus avoids injury to work their way through structures to infest our benign species. living quarters and bite humans. About two-thirds • Up to 80% reduction in bird infestation within 2 of these pests may be detrimental to the general months. health and well-being of humans and domestic animals. The rest are considered nuisance or The Eagle Eye™ works by reflecting light beams. The incidental pests. light bands, including the ultraviolet and infrared bands in the light spectrum are reflected back to the bird imitating the presence of a predator bird. FOR MORE INFORMATION This causes the bird to deviate in flight and fly to another destination. It does not affect sitting Contact Eagle Eye Bird Control on: birds but hinders the birds as they come in to land. [email protected] Once chased away the birds will eventually not return to where the Eagle Eye™ is installed. Animal PO Box 6060 welfare institutions are all in favour of the Eagle Uniedal Eye™ because it is environmentally friendly and not Stellenbosch harmful to any animals or environment. 7612 South Africa WHY SHOULD YOU USE THIS PRODUCT Birds are synonymous with nature. Our lives are Tel: +27(21) 880 2856 brightened by them and we feel comforted and FAX: +27(21) 880 2860 even thrilled by these reminders of a fading natural world. We may well be somewhat less comforted when nature introduces us to its other denizens www.eagleeye.co.za www.eagleeye.co.za DID YOU KNOW! Candidiasisa extreme cases, victims may •• The population size of urban bird species A yeast or fungus infection become weak and anaemic. doubles every 4 - 6 years. spread by pigeons. The disease Pigeons, starlings and house affects the skin, the mouth, sparrows are known to carry •• The following bird species are some that have the respiratory system, the bed bugs. been declared a pest - just like the cockroach intestines and the urogenital and many rodents. They are the - Feral Pigeon, tract, especially the vagina. Starling, Indian Mina and Crows. Cryptococcosis Chicken mites (Dermanyssus •• All birds were once “wild”, but humans have gallinae) created artificial breeding grounds and a safe This is caused by yeast found in environment for them, free from their natural the intestinal tract of pigeons These mites are known carriers predators. and starlings. The illness often of organisms which cause begins as a pulmonary disease encephalitis and may also •• Man is now providing an unnatural and and may later affect the entire cause fowl mite dermatitis and unlimited supply of food for these birds in the central nervous system. acariasis. While they subsist on form of casual feeding, garbage dumps and blood drawn from a variety of birds, they may also food spills. Since attics, cupolas, ledges, schools, offices, warehouses, mills, barns, park buildings, signs, etc. attack humans. They have been found on pigeons, •• Bird droppings are so corrosive that they can are typical roosting and nesting sites, the fungus is starlings and house sparrows. permanently damage car paintwork and eat apt to be found in these areas. Yellow mealworms (Tenebrio into solid concrete. St. Louis Encephalitis molitor) •• Most species have now increased their breeding cycle to two or three times a year, A serious inflammation of the Perhaps the most common instead of once. The Feral Pigeon can breed nervous system and brain. beetle parasites in the United four times a year. Causes drowsiness, headache States. This worm is found, and fever. It may even result in and live, in pigeon nests. It •• About two-thirds of urban bird species are paralysis, coma or death. The is transported to grain and detrimental to the general health and well disease is spread by mosquitoes other grain products, often ending up in breakfast being of humans and domestic animals. which have fed on infected house sparrow, pigeons cereals, and may cause intestinal canthariasis and •• More than 60 transmissible diseases (some of and house finches carrying the virus. hymenolespiasis. which are fatal) are associated with urban birds. Salmonellosis West Nile Virus •• Almost all bird droppings contain This often occurs as “food The West Nile virus, although Salmonellosis, which causes serious intestinal poisoning” and can be traced to illnesses. not transmitted directly from pigeons, starlings and sparrows. birds, is carried by mosquitoes •• Hay-fever among humans is on the increase These disease bacteria are which feed on infected birds. and can be directly linked to the increase of found in bird droppings. Dust The obvious lesson is that the urban bird numbers. from droppings can be sucked fewer nuisance birds there are through ventilators and air conditioners thereby in any given area, the lower the THE TOP FIVE DISEASES THAT BIRDS contaminating food and preparation areas. risk of infection. DELIVER Histoplasmosis HARMFUL PARASITES THAT BIRDS Bird Control A respiratory disease that may CARRY With the latest technology, Bird Control has be fatal. It also causes severe Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) become one of the fastest growing industries in mouth infections. It results from These parasites may consume up to five times the world. a fungus growing in dried bird their own weight in blood drawn from hosts which The latest methods of bird control are vastly droppings. include humans and some domestic animals. In different from that of the previous generation.