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A group of 12 year olds have come up with a cost effective way to help prevent bird strikes
SALT LAKE CITY — A group of four Utah tweens has been nationally recognized for inventing a device to scare away birds from planes. (www.ksl.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Well for me similar things like that random motion tube keeps me away from car lots and furniture stores.
Funny. And I agree. Apparently so do the birds.
PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals... Anyway, well done, kids! Need some of those around here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDAHsWDA0dw
The folks at FRA have a pretty effective method.
Regardless, birds are smart - at least the surviving relatives of the pigeons hanging around my solar panels that I zap with .177s. Now, they scatter whenever they spot me just eyeballing 'em!
Regardless, birds are smart - at least the surviving relatives of the pigeons hanging around my solar panels that I zap with .177s. Now, they scatter whenever they spot me just eyeballing 'em!
This inspires me as an educator!!! Kudos to these students and their coaches.
This is a common problem the USAF has been dealing with forever. We found that nothing works 100%. But....making the airport and immediate vicinity habitat unfriendly helped! How? We tried a number methods; and most failed. One way that seemed to work was to simply deny them food by eliminating any 'refuse piles nearby. We also allowed selected, and well trained, hunters on the Base to bird-shoot. We also had some luck with allowing local Falconeers (this was in the U.K.) to hunt on Base with their trained Falcons. But in the end it's a problem still seeking a solution! I once took a large buzzard hit in the intake of my F-4; and it took out the engine! We also had a guy that took a hit directly on the cockpit canopy and the bird ended up inside causing near blindness and severe injury. Of course no one can forget Capt Sullenberger and his landing in the Potomac.