Guardians of the Grapes: Falcon Kites a Soaring Success for Vineyards

After veraison, as grapes develop their enticing color in the vineyard, the age-old battle between man and nature — in the form of hungry birds — begins. Vintners and farmers have experime read more

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Safeguard Your Vineyard: A Natural Solution to Protect from Bird Damage

Viticulturists in California's Central and North Coasts predict a delayed harvest this year due to the cold, rainy spring. This postponement poses a potential threat to the grape crop, leaving it read more

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Crop Protection Device Saves 95-100% of Grape Damage in Vineyards

Every year in California alone, vintners and farmers lose millions of dollars to birds feeding on their grapes, seeds, and crops. Veraison is a particularly difficult time for vineyards. Grapes are at read more

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Large Scale Vineyards Now Reaping Huge Benefits from Innovative Bird Deterrence Device

For more than 42 years, vineyard managers and growers have benefitted from revolutionary bird deterrence practices developed by Falcon Crop Protection that have either reduced or completely eliminated read more

Crop Protection Device Proven to Save 95-100% of Grape Damage caused by Birds in Vineyards

Every year in California alone, vintners and farmers lose millions of dollars to birds feeding on their grapes, seeds, and crops. Veraison is a particularly difficult time for vineyards. Grapes are at read more

Crop Protection Device Saves 95-100% of Grape Damage in Vineyards

Since Falcon Crop Protection (FCP) began the marketing of its FrightKites four years ago, demand for the highly effective product has reached the point where the number of falcon-shaped kites may outn read more

A More Effective Method for Keeping Fruit Eating Birds Away from Your Orchard

Fruit-eating birds can cause serious damage to your crops. If left uncontrolled, they’ll eat their way through your orchard before you get a chance to pick a single fruit. You can choose from a read more

The Benefits of Using Falcons for Pest Control in Your Vineyard

There are somewhere around a dozen birds of prey common in the United States, each existing as an alpha predator amongread more

Safe, Easy, and Cost-effective Way to Repel Birds from Your Vineyards

Sitting with friends in Healdsburg in 2015, Roger Snow had an epiphany. Birds were all over the area, when suddenly two red-tailed hawks flew over. Birds darted away, heading for safety. The seed was read more

Bird Repellent Alternatives to Gas Cannons and Netting

Over recent years, the emergence of falcon replica kites has issued achallenge to more established opinions on how to scare birds away from vineyards. One fact that has not changed is that bird damage read more