Bird Program

Bird Management with Laser Technology

We specialize in custom bird management, to help keep your tenants, staff, and building safe from health risks. We utilize a hand-held laser device that provides a convenient, effective, and humane approach for driving birds away from areas where they are not wanted. The original device was developed for military use; it had shown anecdotal evidence of scaring birds away when the laser happened to be targeted in their direction.

The product manufacturer then developed a laser designed for bird control and tested it in conjunction with the USDA/APHIS/WS Wildlife Research Center in Sandusky, Ohio (testing funded by FAA). The results of that testing, both penned and field, show that the laser device is highly effective on most aquatic, wading and night flying birds.

Since aquatic, wading and night flying birds' eyes are coated with a film (or oils depending on species) to protect them from the UV rays of the sun, the laser will not harm their ocular (vision) system (it is not powerful enough to cause burns).

Most encouraging is that both penned and field-testing has not shown any tendency of the birds to learn to ignore the laser.

Field-testing has shown that consecutive use of the laser at night to deny the desired roost has a substantial impact on subsequent daytime and nighttime population.