Rice pests cause damage to mature rice stadia until cooking of grains (before harvest). Rice pest attacks result in many missing seeds so that there are no seeds. Bird pests cause damage if there is a significant difference in planting time (more than 3 weeks) rather than the surrounding rice fields. The degree of damage caused by bird pest attacks has not been reported for sure because not every season of planting bird pest attack. To overcome the rice plants from bird attack can be done by waiting for the rice fields all day. That way, farmers can expel birds directly.
Farmers are required to keep the rice fields from bird strikes at 6am - 10am (in the morning) and at 14.00 - 16.00 (in the afternoon), because that time is a critical time for rice plants to be attacked by birds. The following is an integrated bird pest control presentation on rice cultivation.