WHY ? You ask ......
Is this bird really a country's Icon ? , did it really chase away Parktown prawns ?
DO WE REALLY HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS BIRD AMAZINGLY LOUD SCREECHING ?
Let me address a few things about this bird , and make no mistake , this website is about getting rid of them to such a degree that it would be possible to wake up with out the so called "Dawn Patrol" waking you up ..
The Hadada or Hadeda Ibis, Bostrychia hagedash, is a large (up to 76 cm long), dark brown ibis with a white "moustache", glossy greenish purple wings, a large black bill with a red stripe on the upper mandible, and blackish legs. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadada_Ibis)
It has a distinctively loud and recognisable haa-haa-haa-de-dah call that is often heard when the birds are flying or are startled, hence the name.
DO WE REALLY HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS BIRD AMAZINGLY LOUD SCREECHING ?
Let me address a few things about this bird , and make no mistake , this website is about getting rid of them to such a degree that it would be possible to wake up with out the so called "Dawn Patrol" waking you up ..
The Hadada or Hadeda Ibis, Bostrychia hagedash, is a large (up to 76 cm long), dark brown ibis with a white "moustache", glossy greenish purple wings, a large black bill with a red stripe on the upper mandible, and blackish legs. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadada_Ibis)
It has a distinctively loud and recognisable haa-haa-haa-de-dah call that is often heard when the birds are flying or are startled, hence the name.
Widespread and common throughout its large range, the Hadada Ibis is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. (Thus if there is a few less we not too worried ? )
I would like to put it out there that these birds are very close to be a pest and as such I would like to know
- who can point me to numbers ? ,
- why are they a threatened species ? , on the Least concern list of IUCN .
- When do they become a pest ?,
- If they are how would one do selective " culling" ? ( I'm not for just shooting and killing them , key word here .."selective") .
- Give me PROOF !!!! , please don't speculate
If people walk in the street and yell at each other , we get upset "noise" ,
If your neigbour's dogs bark to much or to loud we get upset "noise" ,
If a "Boom-Boom" taxi goes past it irritate us "noise" .....
Because these are birds we now suppose to think differently ... did noise somehow become good or different noise ???
We have become so conditioned to them that we actually see them as the "Call of Africa" (utter nonsense) , we see them as "Icons" and there is even guest houses in their names ..
I know I will get people upset with this site , I will get people that will agree ...If I offend you at all , I apologise , as much as you have the right to get upset , I have the right to voice my opinion ."To get offended is a choice of your own free will "
I CAN NOT BELIEVE I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THE ABOVE VIEWS
Here is a possible solution ...
It prefers to forage in moist areas with short grass where it can probe into the soft soil with its curved beak in search of sub-surface invertebrates. Hadeda ibises used to occur in large numbers on the airfield and are particularly difficult to scare off. Traditional scaring methods using visual deterrents and pyrotechnics were found to be ineffective against the ibises as they still flocked to the airfield. During mid 1999 a decision was taken to implement a long grass policy in the non-operational areas of the airfield. The implementation of the long grass policy has been effective in reducing Hadeda ibis numbers by as much as 80% at times. The graph (Fig. 3) illustrates the effectiveness of long grass on Hadeda ibis abundance before and after the implementation of the long grass policy
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