Blackbirds and the Southern Rice Crop

This publication is based on the studies, assistance, and courtesies of many people, though it is primarily the work of the author, who has been involved in blackbird-rice investigations in the South for the past 20 years. The report is designed primarily to inform farmers, agriculturists, biologists, and others of the extent of the rice-blackbird problem in the South; of the habits, distribution, and movements of the blackbird populations involved; and of appropriate methods now available for reducing crop losses.