Fawnridge Winery and Vineyards

Viewers of Good Morning Sacramento were treated to some footage of the Falcon Crop Protection FrightKiteTM in action - although "action" may not be quite the right word. As you'll see from the clip (linked below), a section of grapes nearing harvest at Fawnridge Winery and Vineyards in Auburn, Calif. looked particularly quiet and absolutely idyllic during the report, filmed one Tuesday morning in late August 2018.

But of course, quiet was the whole point - what was missing from the picture were the hundreds of squawking birds that normally flock to the vineyard looking for a free meal of ripening berries.

"We were faced with spreading some nets over the top of the canopy of these vineyards. That's a big job," said Stewart Perry during the news report. Perry, who owns Fawnridge with his wife Stephanie, saw an ad for the Falcon Crop Protection FrightKiteTM and was immediately intrigued. With easy setup at a fraction of the cost of installing netting, they had nothing to lose. "I thought, 'Well, I'll give this a try. And here we go."

"Here we go" is right. The cameraman zooms in on a power line above that normally is filled with birds, scouting out their next meal of grapes. With the FrightKiteTM flying nearby, the power line was absolutely empty.

During their research, the Perrys found out that the Oakland Coliseum - home of Major League Baseball's Oakland A's - launched two of their own FrightKitesTM last year to solve their rampant seagull problem. Viral videos show birds brazenly attacking fans and stealing food right out of their hands. That's now a thing of the past. Not only were the FrightKites? effective, "Falcon Mcfalconface" became so popular with fans that it has its own Twitter account:https://twitter.com/mcfalconface

"They said that the kites reduced the number of seagulls from a thousand to eight," Stephanie Perry said during the news report.

Stewart and Stephanie Perry are just two of a growing number of vineyard owners who have found out how effective and inexpensive the Falcon Crop Protection FrightKiteTM can be. They are silent, portable (so they can be moved from section to section easily), self-launching and self-flying, and totally harmless to the birds for the greenest possible solution to bird control.

With veraison just around the corner, many more vineyard owners are about to find out how the Falcon Crop Protection FrightKiteTM can significantly reduce crop damage and increase crop yields. Others are planning to expand - roughly 40% of the FrightKitesTM sold today are to vineyards which have already tried them to great success. It pays for itself in the first year with crop yields alone, never mind the labor and materials costs associated with expensive netting.