Airfield Bird Management

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Airfield Bird Management

• Stuart E. Rossell
• Falcon Environmental Services Inc.

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Birds needs

• Vary depending on the species
• Food
• Water for drinking and bathing
• Shelter from weather
• Protection from predators
• Nesting sites

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Habitat Management

• Make your airport as undesirable as possible to
  birds
• Have a grass management policy
• Remove standing water
• Improve drainage
• Remove all berry bearing, fruit bearing or seed
  bearing trees and bushes

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The Bird Control Unit

• Advantages of using private bird control
  companies
• Dedicated personnel
• Use of in house personnel often results in a lack
  of the skills and dedication necessary to do the
  job properly

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Cost and what you get

• One person sunrise to sunset approximately
  200,000 per year
• Vehicle equipped with bird distress system
• Pyrotechnics for the year
• Team of trained falcons and hawks
• Reporting
• Data collection for use in litigation