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I recall very, very old news footage of raptor eye like structures being attached to jet engines. I guess those didn't work. What about doing a good job of ke
by biohacker42 18y ago
I recall very, very old news footage of raptor eye like structures being attached to jet engines.
I guess those didn't work.
What about doing a good job of keeping the airports and areas around them free or large flocks?
How much would it cost to have trained hawks patrol the area.
NY already has wild raptors living in the city.
- mattmaroon 18y agoI don't think the problem are flocks of large geese living in the area, it's them migrating through. Hawks probably couldn't solve that problem, and if you have any ideas as to how to keep Canada Geese away, you should consider doing it as a startup. They're a common pest in my area of the country.
- biohacker42 18y agoThat's actually a good idea. I bet even migrating flocks would scatter if a raptor buzzes them. So perhaps I should get into falconry and charge airports to have my falcon fly through any migrating flocks. It would be almost like being a super villain.
- mattmaroon 18y agoI don't know. They might just keep flying. What does a flock do when a predator comes and snags one? Also, if they're in a flock you can probably avoid them more easily than if they scatter. Keeping raptors around permanently would be problematic. For one, they're probably just as rough on an engine. And for another, how do you feed them for the other 11 months of the year? And do they even eat birds that big?
- forgottenpswrd 18y agoHow about fireworks? A firework gun that can set at what altitude the fireworks go off and then launch them.
- mindviews 18y agoI know of some folks in NYC who do this for a living - they use trained dogs to scare flocks of geese away from parks, courtyards, etc. Mostly for "aesthetic" reasons (read: geese poop a lot). I'm not sure how long the geese stay away after, though. In any event, it's full time work and they get to play with dogs all day. Not bad, eh?
- dag 18y agoBig money there, definitely. They're a common pest in every area I've been in Canada.
- josefresco 18y agoLogan has a staff of people with shotguns to scare away flocks/birds. All bird sightings are reported to the tower and to pilots of incoming aircraft.
- laut 18y agoAt the CPH airport they shoot more than a thousand birds a year. If there was a hawk, could you be sure that it would stay out of the way of the aircraft? The hawk itself would be a risk of bird strike.
- oconnor0 18y agoSure, but a hit from single bird is supposed to be survivable. A hit from a flock of birds isn't.
- daniel-cussen 18y agoYou could train crows to mob the geese.