Meridian Makes a Sprawling Facility Bird-Free For the First Time in a Year

PARTNER

Distribution center of a major retail chain

• This nationwide retail chain is a new partner of Meridian’s, and this was our first service call to any of their locations. The Bethel, Pennsylvania, location had a sizable footprint: 1 million square feet.

OBJECTIVE

Eight birds had occupied the interior space for more than a year, damaging food inventory.

• Employees had tried to capture the birds unsuccessfully.
• The sparrows had been inside so long, two of them had switched from diurnal to nocturnal behavior.

SOLUTION

Three Bird Removal Technicians (BRTs) worked two 10-hour days to capture all the birds.

• The birds had become so entrenched in such a large space, it required an unusually long time to capture all the birds.
• The 50-foot high ceilings required the BRTs to deploy extensions on the capture netting.
• The BRTs had to return to capture the nocturnal birds in a separate service call.
• At no time were operations interrupted.

RESULTS

Meridian successfully captured all the birds in not only the first visit, but on a subsequent call with an unusual bird.

• A few months after the initial call, this same facility called Meridian to capture a mockingbird.
• Very difficult to catch, mockingbirds are also a protected species.
• Meridian successfully captured the mockingbird, establishing a relationship with a new partner.

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