Tom Kupkovits is a lead biologist for Migratory Bird Management and Wild Goose Chase. He specializes in staying up to date on bird management laws and regulations and works closely with federal and state agencies to navigate permitting requirements.
If you manage commercial buildings, apartment communities, healthcare facilities, or retail centers, bird issues are part of the job. Nests in rooflines. Geese on landscaped lawns. Pigeons roosting on signage or parking structures. It can be tempting to treat birds like any other pest problem. Call a vendor, remove the issue, move on. But birds […]
If your business or property has dealt with gulls, you understand the level of destruction and obstruction they can present to facility health and business operations. Despite their nuisance behavior, gulls are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA), which means that removing their nests or eggs to control the gull population without proper […]
