Wink,
Thats a good story and a good attitude about it as well. Most of these typical ride alongs and inspections are not based on trying to nail folks
but rather as you stated protecting the environment and the people and things living in it from folks who might be off kilter or just flat out
not following labels or instructions.
Good story!
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I'll relate a story I was told just a couple days ago, a colleague went out through his municipality to investigate a pigeon feeding issue causing a nuisance
to an apt. complex. When he was talking to the manager of the complex who was suffering from this issue, he stated typically they get rid of the birds by
using poison.
He asked the guy was he using "avitrol" knowing that was one avicide that had been on the market. The guy said, "no we typically buy the mouse and rat
poison from the farm and fleet and mix it with our bird seed."
(Quoted verbatim)
The colleague said while pointing to various structures in the complex, "That is a pigeon, that is a white winged dove, that is a mourning dove and those
are native songbirds in that tree, all eating this seed you are putting out."
They aren't enforcement so it was mostly a conversation from there about please don't do this or you may run afoul of a state or federal violation and face fines and charges,
if you need to remove the birds either hire someone or start a live trapping program or get licensed and learn about the correct products and their proper use.
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Not someone in our industry or even in the PCO industry, and also not the only off label user out there in the public or commercial fronts, but again shows why we need
some people out there checking on those who are known to be utilizing product to assure as best we can that folks are following the labels and intended use.
I have some good PCO friends and colleagues now who are very strict in what they do and it is always good to know!