Gooday all
We worked at an Aboriginal community in central WA for a few weeks early
in the year. One of my jobs was to each Tuesday check the gravel
airstrip for pot holes, sticks and "camels" before the plane came in.
Greg Little
Greg Little - Principal Consultant
General Flora and Fauna
PO Box 526
Wallsend, NSW, 2287, Australia
Ph 02 49 556609
Fx 02 49 556671
www.gff.com.au
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Stephen Ambrose
Sent: Saturday, 20 June 2009 3:20 PM
To: 'Carl Clifford'; 'storm'
Cc: 'Birding-Aus (Forum)'
Subject: Canada Goose Cull
Kangaroos, wallabies and domesticated livestock (e.g. cattle & sheep)
pose a
significant risk to aircraft taxiing along runways at many Australian
airports, particularly at regional airports.
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Carl Clifford
Sent: Saturday, 20 June 2009 2:32 PM
To: storm
Cc: Birding-Aus (Forum)
Subject: Canada Goose Cull
Storm,
Between 1990 and 2005 in the USA, aircraft struck 58 turtles, 14
Alligators and 17 Green Iguanas. There was no record of any of them
being airborne. I would imagine that the numbers of turtles and
Iguanas might be a bit higher though, as I don't think you would
notice much of an impact if you ran over one with something like a
747. An Alligator could be a bit bumpy though.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 20/06/2009, at 1:50 PM, storm wrote:
The only sensible move that appears to be coming out of this is
discouraging
people in NY from feeding the geese in the suburbs around the airport.
Reducing the supply of food could have a significant impact on the
number of
birds in the vicinity.
However, knowing how people love to feed birds I suspect this is a
doomed
method of control.
There are interesting figures around for bat (flying-fox) strike which
have
recently been produced in Australia - Townsville tops the list. Some
American states record 'reptile' strikes too. Sadly not specific as to
species.
storm
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