10-14-2010, 03:44 AM
quote:Wow. Add up the costs for all that!
Originally posted by Obie
...Airport Operations Officers patrol the runways, taxiways and associated area 20 hours daily. They are armed with shotguns with cracker shells that are used to scare away birds. The airfield is also equipped with bird cannons. These automated cannons fire randomly or can be remotely activated.
Airport personnel work closely with a full time staff biologist in identifying species, their preferred nesting areas and food sources. Then they eliminate the food, nesting areas and deploy other practices aimed at keeping the bird population low. Bird count surveys are taken twice daily at 13 sites to monitor activity.
(I would drive around in a truck with a shotgun, LOL.)