LOOK FOR

Look for in bunches
• Many berries per bunch with small holes (2 mm across) in berries - silvereyes
  

   CONDITIONS

• Starlings and native silvereyes usually cause more damage to grapes than other birds
• Most birds prefer to feed on native plants in flower and move to vines when these food sources decline.
• The main birds that cause damage are:
• **Introduced: starling, sparrow, blackbird and myna
• **Native species: silvereye, parrots (e.g. red-capped and twenty eight [or Pt Lincoln Ringneck], rainbow lorikeet and cockatoos), honeyeater, crow, currawong, song thrush and greenfinch
• Starlings and Australian silvereyes live in all grapegrowing areas of Australia and New Zealand except Northern Queensland and Western Australia, where the starling is absent. Starlings eat only ripening berries.