Observations of Neck-Collared Canada Geese Near John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York
Canada geese (Branta canadensis) often cause significant damage when they strike aircraft. They are responsible for a reported minimum of $2.6 million in damage per year to civil aviation in the United States. Knowledge of goose movements in relation to airports would allow wildlife managers to allo...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:856cab7c11024e709a875a60a5c39bb6 2023-05-15T15:46:16+02:00 Observations of Neck-Collared Canada Geese Near John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York Thomas W. Seamans Scott E. Clemons Allen L. Gosser 2017-02-01 https://doi.org/10.26077/rpj9-2d02 https://doaj.org/article/856cab7c11024e709a875a60a5c39bb6 en eng Utah State University doi:10.26077/rpj9-2d02 2155-3874 https://doaj.org/article/856cab7c11024e709a875a60a5c39bb6 undefined Human-Wildlife Interactions, Vol 3, Iss 2 (2017) airport bird–aircraft collision branta canadensis canada goose home range human–wildlife conflicts movements neck collars manag envir Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2017 fttriple https://doi.org/10.26077/rpj9-2d02 2023-01-22T19:24:40Z Canada geese (Branta canadensis) often cause significant damage when they strike aircraft. They are responsible for a reported minimum of $2.6 million in damage per year to civil aviation in the United States. Knowledge of goose movements in relation to airports would allow wildlife managers to allocate time and funds to manage those populations that pose the greatest threat to aircraft. We placed alpha-numeric neck collars on 300 Canada geese within 8 km of both John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFKIA) and LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. We conducted weekly observations for 2 years within a 12- km radius of JFKIA at locations used by the geese. At the conclusion of the study, 45% of the collared geese remained within an 8-km radius of JFKIA, and four were killed at JFKIA during wildlife control operations. We observed birds at their original banding sites 75% of the time, and within 5 km of the banding location 95% of the time. Geese that remained in the study area were re-sighted at a mean straight-line distance of 3.6 (±3.1) km from their original banding location. We note that 78% of the re-sighting locations used by geese were within 8 km of JFKIA and that movements of these geese could take them over or onto JFKIA. Oiling goose eggs to kill the embryos, rounding up of flightless birds within 8 km of the airport, and bird-control activities at JFKIA and nearby areas all should be continued to reduce the probability of a catastrophic bird strike between aircraft using JFKIA and local Canada geese. Article in Journal/Newspaper Branta canadensis Canada Goose Unknown Canada |
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Canada geese (Branta canadensis) often cause significant damage when they strike aircraft. They are responsible for a reported minimum of $2.6 million in damage per year to civil aviation in the United States. Knowledge of goose movements in relation to airports would allow wildlife managers to allocate time and funds to manage those populations that pose the greatest threat to aircraft. We placed alpha-numeric neck collars on 300 Canada geese within 8 km of both John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFKIA) and LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. We conducted weekly observations for 2 years within a 12- km radius of JFKIA at locations used by the geese. At the conclusion of the study, 45% of the collared geese remained within an 8-km radius of JFKIA, and four were killed at JFKIA during wildlife control operations. We observed birds at their original banding sites 75% of the time, and within 5 km of the banding location 95% of the time. Geese that remained in the study area were re-sighted at a mean straight-line distance of 3.6 (±3.1) km from their original banding location. We note that 78% of the re-sighting locations used by geese were within 8 km of JFKIA and that movements of these geese could take them over or onto JFKIA. Oiling goose eggs to kill the embryos, rounding up of flightless birds within 8 km of the airport, and bird-control activities at JFKIA and nearby areas all should be continued to reduce the probability of a catastrophic bird strike between aircraft using JFKIA and local Canada geese. |
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Observations of Neck-Collared Canada Geese Near John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York |
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Observations of Neck-Collared Canada Geese Near John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York |
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Observations of Neck-Collared Canada Geese Near John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York |
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Observations of Neck-Collared Canada Geese Near John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York |
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Observations of Neck-Collared Canada Geese Near John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York |
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observations of neck-collared canada geese near john f. kennedy international airport, new york |
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Utah State University |
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