Suggestion How to get rid of birds

Are you talking about the small brown/white birds that seem to be in every country?

I'd talk to the entomology folks about removing them or finding a better food source and nesting area. I have never been around a base or deployment where there was not someone from entomology around, normally understaffed but asking the question would never be a waste of time.

Was something that was privatized mostly quite a few years ago but still an important part of base maintenance.

Shawn

 

That last one looks like a "magpie"https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&r...=q7gsUbI9mQHSWEJuNaW3Pg&bvm=bv.91665533,d.ZGU

 

we are trying it now,the sparrows eating the long beans,let you know if it works.

 

I'm not a bird watcher but do enjoy looking at different birds and usually had bird feeders around most places I've lived. I was actually surprised the number of different bird species (other than pigeons...winged rats) that you could spot in Afghanistan. There was one bird I found fascinating that looked like a small roadrunner, very quick and I assume it was eating the large black ants that seem to be everywhere. I was never able to figure out exactly what it was but it was a bird that was common on my construction site.

Agree not many bird watchers heading to Afghanistan and when I would ask my staff what a certain bird was called they had no clue. Tons of sparrows in Afghanistan, probably the most common bird I saw there.

I doubt there is much you could do yourself other than contacting the base maintenance folks about getting entomology to check it out.

Shawn

 

We had many similar problems in our Aircraft hangers, we had the experts in and they did a gassing once a month for 6 months and things quietened down considerably the Birds did not die just moved on. I doubt you will ever eradicate the whole thing as the doors are open for too long.
The one thing I always remember was being told Not to lay poison as this can effect the food Chain, which these birds are no doubt part of.

Just my little input here.

JP

 

Reflective belts were mostly required for folks in uniform, not civilian clothing; but would not be surprised if it is enforced for all as there are not too many street lights on the bases.

Most of the bases I was associated with (did work on) had a maintenance contract that was US company that employed mostly Afghan workers, this included the bases ran by other NATO partners as well as the Afghan bases we built for them. With the drawdown I can see that maintenance will be turned over to the ANA, which maintenance will then cease to exist.

Shawn
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Off topic but, most of the Europeans do not follow General Order #1, so that is not a bad thing to be away from the US military influence on the bases...not that I spent time on an Italian/Spanish base taking advantage of this in the past.

Shawn