Originally Posted by southern duel
mmmmmmmmm i can just see it now.
Pax airliner bought down by falcon.
Scaring birds with something that in itself could cause a problem would keep the lawyers in business for years.
digiscares and firearms are the best by a long way.
The way we work their is no risk posed by our birds to aircraft as birds are only needed to fly for a short period to scare birds effectively and then brought back in to a lure before a plane lands/takes off. We also use digiscares and firearms (shotguns) as well as the usual veri pistol in bad weather only and can say from experience the effect of these systems compared to the live birds is very minimal!