046 Rodenticides and Pest Control Panel Discussion with Dr Maggie Watson & Dr Holly Parsons

The Bird Emergency

In this episode, you will hear the discussion I had with Dr. Holly Parsons, the Urban Bird Program Manager, BirdLife Australia, which encompases the Birds In Backyards program and Dr. Maggie J. Watson, Lecturer at Charles Sturt University, specialist in parasites and other disorders in birds and other wildlife, who has an interest in rodenticides.

We tackle the issues around pest control in a domestic setting, and in broadscale production systems, identifying the ingredients in different products, and what are the preferred choices to make. In summary, remember First Generation rodenticides.

The discussion was wide ranging - we tackled a lot of pest control issues.

Here's the link we referred to for letting the Federal Environment Minister know something;

https://minister.awe.gov.au/ley/contact

Here is the link for biodiversity sensitive Urban Design, mentioned by Holly (look out for more about this in future episodes of the show);

https://www.nespthreatenedspecies.edu.au/news-and-media/latest-news/biodiversity-sensitive-urban-design-the-future-of-cities

We wandered onto mistletoe and tree health, so here is a link to a story about that;

https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/the-misunderstood-magical-mistletoes-of-australia/11505510

And a little more about mistletoe, from ABC Gardening Australia;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjwdyqJJGVM

And we even talked about Emus, so meet Dr Dave.... I know you will love Dr Dave

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8sey9JuqiI

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Follow Holly on Twitter @backyardbirdo or Birds In Backyards @birdsinbackyards

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