Winegrowers Are Recruiting Birds to Their Vineyards
“At Domaine Bousquet in Mendoza, Argentina, peregrine falcons have been brought in to scare away doves that nest in the roof of the winery, as well as grape-eating sparrows, says the winery’s agronomist, Franco Bastias”. A symbiotic relationship between birds and grape growers is emerging, and its implications are vast. By Kathleen Willcox Since 1970, bird populations in…