{"id":26717,"date":"2022-09-15T09:50:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/?p=26717"},"modified":"2022-11-10T16:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T20:48:37","slug":"birds-for-pest-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/es\/birds-for-pest-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Birds for Pest Removal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A research study examines the benefits that birds can bring to farms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Birds are commonly seen as a nuisance on farms. They can cause damage to farms by feasting on crops and seeds but they can also help farmers. Two researchers spent this past summer working on a 3-week pilot study examining the potential benefits that birds can bring to farms. Previous studies at the Farm Hub found that birds have been beneficial for pest control in crop fields along forest edges and as much as 50 meters into the field. Can the benefits be extended even further to a distance twice as far?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the project,&nbsp;Peter&nbsp;Lichtenthal and project assistant Paul Richardson installed artificial perches in three wheat fields that measure 100 x 100 meters, \u201cto see if we can extend pest predation services further into the fields.\u201d The perches, constructed of PVC pipes and fence posts, were intentionally made of materials that are inexpensive and easily accessible to farmers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wheat fields were chosen because of their proximity to the forest edges. In addition, wheat fields were also chosen as they were no-till throughout the summer, ensuring that minimal altercations or interferences from farm vehicles would occur within the experiment\u2019s timeframe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0934-resized-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0934-resized-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0934-resized-400x239.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0934-resized-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DSC_0934-resized.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Left, Peter Lichtenthal and Paul Richardson at the Farm Hub.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lichtenthal works under Sara Kross a conservation biologist and lecturer at Columbia University who has been a member of the Farm Hub\u2019s Applied Farmscape Ecology Research Collaborative. This project is the focus of Lichtenthal\u2019s master\u2019s thesis and Kross is his advisor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cArtificial perches will serve to augment natural habitats deeper into the crop rows, potentially extending the predation services provided by birds beyond their typical range,\u201d he explains. Each sentinel prey station contained five mealworms to further attract the birds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He continued: \u201cAt the end of each day we counted the remaining worms to measure the proportion removed. The stations allowed us to understand spatial foraging patterns and will inform me if those patterns change with the addition of perches on certain days.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Camera traps facing the perches were installed to see which birds were using them. The footage included Red-winged Blackbirds followed by Savannah Sparrows, Eastern Kingbirds, and Song Sparrows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-01-at-10.35.11-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26720\" width=\"922\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-01-at-10.35.11-AM.png 922w, https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-01-at-10.35.11-AM-400x245.png 400w, https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screen-Shot-2022-08-01-at-10.35.11-AM-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><figcaption>Graphic courtesy of Peter Lichtenthal.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the study was a pilot and it is too early to make conclusions, Lichtenthal says his hope is that \u201cit will inform farmers who don&#8217;t practice a lot of conservation agriculture to maybe sort of dip their toes into it,\u201d&nbsp;says Lichtenthal. \u201cUltimately, I&#8217;d love to see more agroforestry practices being done in the U.S. I think they have a lot of benefits for both biodiversity and also for climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>-Amy Wu <\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Las aves suelen considerarse una molestia para las granjas. Pueden causar da\u00f1os en las granjas al darse un fest\u00edn con cultivos y semillas, pero tambi\u00e9n pueden ayudar a los agricultores. Dos investigadores dedicaron el verano pasado a un estudio piloto auspiciado por el Farm Hub, que examina las posibles ventajas que las aves pueden aportar a las granjas. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":26718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[],"featured":[],"class_list":["post-26717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-birds"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Birds for Pest Removal - Hudson Valley Farm Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hvfarmhub.org\/es\/birds-for-pest-removal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Birds for Pest Removal - Hudson Valley Farm Hub\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Birds are commonly seen as a nuisance to farms. 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