Learn corrective actions, inspections and preventive measures to respond to and control bird and bat nuisance issues. Featuring Paul Duerre (Killeen ISD, TX) and Lynn Braband (NYS Community IPM Program at Cornell University).

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Birds and Bats:
Pest Management Tips for the
Educational Environment
Thursday, December 13th
12 Noon Eastern time
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4. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Today’s Speakers Roger Young
FacilityMastersOnline.com
Paul Duerre
Killeen ISD, Texas
Lynn Braband
NYS Community IPM Program of Cornell University, NY
Matt Lightner
SchoolDude.com

5. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Endorsements
State of New Mexico
Public School Facilities Authority

6. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Importance
• Health and Safety
• Ongoing Annoyance
• Protect Capital Investment
of Community

7. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Managing Birds and Bats
Paul Duerre
Lynn Braband

8. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
• 42,000 students
• Next to Ft Hood
• 50 Campuses
– 8 Located on Ft. Hood
• High performing district
• 3rd Fastest Growing

9. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
The New York State
Integrated Pest Management Program
Cornell University
– Develop sustainable ways to manage pests
– Help people to use methods that minimize
environmental, health, and economic risks
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu

10. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Introduction
• Cultural role of wildlife in American society
• Conflicts with wildlife
• Regulatory authorities

11. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Points to Consider -
• Is it necessary
• Know the law
• Health and safety concerns
• Humaneness
• Effectiveness
• Practicality
• Social context

12. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Birds
• Regulatory agencies
– US Fish and Wildlife Service
– State wildlife agency
– State pesticide regulatory agency
• for registered pesticide use including repellents and
reproductive inhibitors
• “Unprotected” species
– Rock pigeon, European starling, house sparrow
• “Protected” species
– Canada Goose, Gulls, others

13. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:

14. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Issues
• Nuisance situations
• Health hazards (especially droppings)
• Property damage
– roof corrosion from dropping accumulation;
geese grazing/trampling turf

15. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:

16. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Best Management Practices
• Constituency Communications
– Written expectations of district concerning
problem bird attractants
– Feeding pest birds especially problematic
– Fact sheet distribution on specific issues
– Persistent or major problems: district policy

17. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Best Management Practices
• Exclusion (best approach when applicable)
– Netting
– Spikes
– Post-and-wire
– Electrified systems
– Suspended strips
– Grid and parallel wires
– Landscape changes

18. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Electrified Systems
Post and Wire
Spikes
Daddy LL
PVC Strips

19. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Netting
Parallel Lines

20. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Swallow
Mud nests

21. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Pond Grid Wires

22. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Best Management Practices
• Fear-Provoking Stimuli
– General comments (habituation)
– “Simple” devices (plastic owls, Scarey Eye balloons)
– Heli-kites
– Auditory stimuli
– Dogs/falcons/models (as fake coyotes)
– Lasers
Movement
Install/Uninstall
Incorporate Reinforcement
• Yellow scarecrows

23. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Scary Eye Balloon
Border Collie Coyote

24. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Abatement Falconry
Heli-kites
Lasers Sound

25. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Best Management Practices
• Chemical Repellents
– Polybutene contact (touch)
– Taste (as methyl anthranilate)
– Sprays
– Foggers

26. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Best Management Practices
• Trapping
– best approach if lethal control desired)
• Translocation
• Reproduction Inhibition
– Eggs
– Ovo-control
• Delay Habituation

27. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Translocation
Ovo-Control

28. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Bird Traps

29. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Managing Birds – Bottom Line
• Use a variety of approaches
– Each situation is different
– Behavior changes
• Continue to monitor
Courtesy of
Dempsy Winans
Mansfield ISD, TX

30. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Bats
• General comments
– Whitenose Syndrome
• Common myths/misconceptions
– Associated with "evil"
• (spooky movies, vampires)
– They want to "get in my hair"
– Most bats have rabies
– "Fruit" bats occur throughout the United States
• Regulatory authorities

31. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Issues
• Nuisance situations
• Roosts, especially maternal
• Zoonotic disease

32. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Approaches
• Education
• Remove an individual bat
– From an occupied space
• Established process and procedures
• Notification to staff
• Certified specialist
• Bat-proofing structures
• Bat houses

33. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Check Valve Bat
Bat House

34. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
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3

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36. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Importance of a Maintenance Management System
• Operations Professionals
– Safe Learning Environment
– Technology solutions help to manage the maintenance process
– Work order program
• Work Order System
– Improves transparency
– Increases productivity
– Streamlines work requests
– Accountability
• Tracks Progress and Expenses
– Organize Work Orders
– Shows the Workload
– Demonstrates the needs of the department
• Documentation

37. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:

38. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Resources
– www.facilitymastersonline.com/resources
• NYS Community IPM Program
– www.nysipm.cornell.edu
• Texas Integrated Pest Management Affiliate for Public Schools
– http://tipmaps.org/
• School IPM 2015
– www.ipminstitute.org/school_ipm_2015.htm

39. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Resources
• Texas Agrilife Extension
– http://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/
• Bat Conservation International
– www.batcon.org
• Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management
– www.icwdm.org
• Urban IPM Community of Practice
– http://www.extension.org/pages/30797/partners-of-urban-integrated-pest-
managment
• National School IPM Information Source (Univ. Florida)
– http://schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/

40. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Tips to Manage Pests
Using SchoolDude to track and analyze information
Matt Lightner
SchoolDude.com

41. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Maintenance Direct – (MD)
• Automates the work flow process
• Report issues quickly / track progress
• Documents status of work
• Helps to ensure a safe, clean, well
maintained environment

42. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Submit a
work
order

43. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Automatic
updates for
requester
And organization for your organization

44. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Easy reporting and analysis
-PDF
-Excel
-Graphs

45. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
PM Direct
• Identifies the inspection process and
work to be undertaken - proactive
• Documents regular task and procedure
inspection processes
• Pest management templates included

46. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Proactive:
Recurring Scheduling for Pest Management
-Establish a
scheduled series of
inspections

47. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
PM Schedule and Templates

48. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
PM Calendar
Resulting work
orders auto-
generate with
task lists

49. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Inventory Direct
• Inventory of supplies and equipment
– such as chemical repellent, netting, spikes,
and wires
• Helps to insure that supplies are on hand
to manage birds and bats

50. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Supplies Used in Management of Birds and Bats
Identify the items to pull from stock before the work order
is generated or record the transaction after the job is done

51. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
Inventory reporting to see where resources are used

52. Facility Masters Webcast Series This series is made possible by:
What can SchoolDude do for me?
• Streamline the request and response of
pest management issues
• Document all tasks completed and
inventory used with regard to pest
management
• Generate quick, accessible reports for
administration and regulatory authorities

53. Download this presentation, resources, and more at:
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Contact Resources
Roger Young, roger@FacilityMastersOnline.com
Paul Duerre, Paul.Duerre@killeenisd.org
Lynn Braband, lab45@cornell.edu
To learn more: salesrequest@schooldude.com Matt Lightner
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