For all other regions, frightening devices were used most frequently (84% of responses) to control bird pests, while frightening devices (37%) and shooting (22%) were considered to be the most effective methods of control (Table 3). In contrast to the coastal region, we observed a significant difference between those methods indicated as the most frequently used and those deemed most effective (Fisher’s exact test, P < 0.001). This was due in large part to a significant difference in the percentage of survey participants who identified frightening devices as the most
frequently used method (84%) compared to those individuals who thought these devices were the most effective method of control (37%; Fisher’s exact test, P < 0.001; Table 3). Additionally, we saw a significantly larger number of respondents (Fisher’s exact test, P ¼ 0.023) who felt that shooting (22% of responses) was the most effective method of control for bird pests when compared to the number or individuals who thought that shooting was the most frequently used method of control (5%; Table 3). No other control methods differed between the proportion listed as most frequently
used and those identified as most effective (Fisher’s exact test, P 0.102; Table 3).