Monday, July 15, 2013

Use bird control services to enjoy the benefits of living in a bird free environment

 
Birds can pose a lot of nuisance to homes and offices. They cause noise pollution, cause structural damage, and pose serious health hazards as their droppings contain harmful substances that cause skin disorders and breathing troubles. Those of you, who are having a tough time living in a home that is being invaded by birds, it is advisable to use bird control services.

Bird control services are offered by experts who know how to control birds from entering homes, factories, and offices. The providers of bird control services use a wide range of efficient and reliable bird control methods that allow their clients to get rid off birds quickly and permanently.

Companies that offer bird control services use bird control products like bird spikes, electrical fence for birds, ultralight nets, hillium filled balloons, and many such products that help deter birds from entering the areas where these devices are installed. These devices are easy to install and affordable in price. One can enjoy efficient bird control results by installing one or more of such bird control devices. 


Good bird control companies and individuals offer bird control solutions and bird control services that meet the needs and requirements of their clients to perfection. They first find out the nature of bird inhibition or the problem caused by them and then advice them which products and methods would work best to get rid off such problems.

Contrary to the common perception that bird control services cost a lot, one can enjoy cost effective bird control services nowadays. Thanks to the presence of dozens of such companies, now anyone can enjoy the pleasure of living in a bird free environment.

Bird Control Techniques


Bird Control Techniques are available in the market to control the activities of bird pests in and around your area. The techniques a re exclusively designed to help you in not only controlling the bird pests but also in making sure that they do not come near your home or office every again. In the changing city lifestyle there has been several incidents of bird bites and high scale destruction caused to exteriors of the building structures. It is also significant to note here that bird pests are hazardous to your homes and they can also pose threat to children. Therefore, in order to control the activities completely, use of bird control techniques is the best known and practical solution.

Make sure that when you are choosing the bird control methods, you should always keep in your mind that the bird control methods should not be harmful to the pest birds, the basic purpose into drive away the birds and not get into any real time action. If you are seriously committed to bird controlling, you need to make sure that soft and light methods of bird control should be applied. Get ready to take control of pest birds in your area now!

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Airport uses radar, noise to prevent bird strikes

The next time you land safely in Seattle, you may want to thank Steve Osmek.
Osmek fires a projectile to scare away birds near the Seattle airport.
Wildlife biologist Steve Osmek checks a radar screen for information on birds close to the Seattle airport.
He's the wildlife biologist whose job is to make sure that birds don't get in the way of airplanes arriving and departing Seattle Tacoma International Airport.

Even though the bird strikes that recently caused US Airways Flight 1549 to lose both engines and land in New York's Hudson River has brought greater urgency to the issue, the danger presented by avian life is nothing new to Sea-Tac. The airport has had a wildlife biologist on staff since the 1970s, Osmek says, and annually spends about $250,000 on bird-removal operations.

Osmek and a crew of about 20 helpers use low-tech and high-tech methods to guard against bird strikes. First, they combat the environments that attract birds by planting foliage that prevents them from landing and by covering any nearby bodies of water with netting.

"The main thing is to make sure the birds are not used to coming here to the airport," Osmek says. "They don't get used to feeding here, nesting here and in turn coming into closer contact with the aircraft."

Birds that still stray into Sea-Tac airspace are harassed relentlessly.
Osmek uses a laser with a scope on it to shine a green light near birds. The light flashing near the birds mimics a predator stalking them, Osmek says, and usually causes them to take flight. For more persistent opponents, Osmek reaches into the deep arsenal of what he calls his "pyrotechnics."
They are explosive shells that he uses to ward off birds -- sometimes large flocks of them -- entering airspace near the airport's three runways. Osmek fires the shells with a variety of pistols or a shotgun. Some boom loudly, and others scream into the sky before blowing up into puffs of smoke.

One projectile travels up to 1,200 feet before exploding like a thunderclap. It is intended to ward off high-flying birds like hawks or eagles. Osmek says the pyrotechnics only scare the birds and do not harm them.

"We're not aiming the pyrotechnics right at them," he explains. "We are usually aiming to where we can direct them to a safer place."

Using the pyrotechnics is also economical. One shell costs about $10, Osmek says, while a bird strike on a plane can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage or much worse.

But the airport's most valuable tool, Osmek says, isn't one that scares off birds -- it's one that helps find them. In three separate locations around the airport are avian radar terminals that track the birds within six miles of the airport and up to 3,000 feet.


The radar is similar to marine radar but used for a very different application. The avian radar allows the bird crew at the 2,700-acre airport to focus on specific areas.

"[The birds] are objects I don't see with my naked eye, but you look at the radar and it raises your awareness of those areas where you should take another look," Osmek explains. "I may scan with my binoculars, but I might not necessarily know where to scan, but now I know there's a bird there."

Innovations to the radar now help airport staff determine at what altitude the birds are flying. After studying the radar long enough, Osmek can tell from flight patterns what kind of bird he is looking at. It's important when trying to prevent bird strikes to know if you are dealing with a sparrow or Canada goose.

Ed Herricks, a University of Illinois professor who placed the radar at Sea-Tac and works with Accipiter, the maker of the radar, says the next challenge for the systems will be further implementing them into airport operations without "crying wolf."

"There is a critical need to have the data moved into the decision-making process of controllers and pilots," Herricks says. But, he adds: "You want to be absolutely sure when you say something is there that something is there."

Tim Nohara, the president of Accipiter, foresees a time soon when the radar will not only help biologists on the ground but will be part of the information coming into airport control towers like weather and wind shear data. Electronic alerts could be sent to controllers or pilots if they are flying too closely to a flock of birds, Nohara says.

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"With the bird radar, airports can be much more effective in the strategies they employ," Nohara says. And if bird strikes do occur, the radar "will help investigators determine what happened," he says.

O'Hare in Chicago, JFK in New York and Dallas Fort-Worth are airports slated to receive similar radar systems this year.

Was it a bird? A Plane? Or a UFO?? Chinese passenger jet hits mysterious object at 26,000ft and lands with severely dented nose cone

  • The Air China Boeing 757 was forced to make emergency landing

  • It landed with a severely dented and scratched nose cone

  • Pilot heard a large bang and then the plane 'struggled to perform' 

     

    A passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing after a mysterious mid-air collision with a 'foreign object' at 26,000ft severely dented its nose cone. 

    The front of the Air China Boeing 757 had been pushed in and scratches and scraped paintwork  were clearly visible when it landed.  

    The plane was climbing over China when a large bang was heard from the front of aircraft.

  • Pictures of the Air China jet show the damage the mysterious mid-air collision caused to its nose cone after
    Pictures of the Air China jet show the damage the mysterious mid-air collision caused to its nose cone after 

    The pilot said the aircraft was struggling to perform and he immediately called air traffic controllers, according to reports.
    He was then allowed him to return to the airport. 

    Experts said investigations into the suspected crash have raised suspicions that the aircraft was hit by a 'foreign object'.
    However, they do not believe it was caused by a bird strike as no blood or feathers were visible on the dented nose cone. 

    The damage was only spotted when the plane, which was travelling from Chengdu to Guangzhou, safely landed. 

    The dented nose cone has caused speculation online that the aircraft hit a UFO as it flew over China
    The dented nose cone has caused speculation online that the aircraft hit a UFO as it flew over China 

    The pictures have prompted online speculation that it was caused by a UFO or a drone strike. 

    Other theories posted on the Aviation Herald include pressure from rapidly heated and expanded air. 
      
    Former government UFO investigator Nick Pope told The Sun that an examination of the nose cone should reveal what hit it.
    He said traces of whatever collided with the aircraft should be visible. 

    However, he questioned whether the 'secretive' Chinese would reveal the cause.

    Mr Pope told The Sun: 'Cases like this show that whatever people believe about UFOs, there are serious air safety issues here. 

    'MoD and CAA files contain dozens of reports of near misses between UFOs and commercial aircraft.

    'It's only a matter of time before there's a catastrophe.'

    The Air China Boeing 757 (similar to the one pictured) was forced to make an emergency landing
    The Air China Boeing 757 (similar to the one pictured) was forced to make an emergency landing 

    No one was hurt in the mysterious incident. 

    Last week, it emerged that three passenger jet pilots saw UFOs above Britain's Scientology headquarters on their approach to Gatwick Airport. 

    A report revealed that they each saw 'two flat, silver discs', with some flying within 100ft.

    Air traffic control then spotted six UFOs on their radars before they suddenly disappeared.

    The encounter, which was probed by the UK Airprox Board, happened on December 30 just before 9am over the Scientology headquarters in East Grinstead, Sussex.

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2339139/Was-bird-A-Plane-Or-UFO--Chinese-passenger-jet-hits-mysterious-object-26-000ft-lands-severely-dented-nose-cone.html

     


Thursday, May 30, 2013

How to Minimize Bird & Window Collisions



Large windows reflecting habitat. Photo courtesy U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Problem:
It's estimated that as many as 1 billion birds die each year in the United States due to collisions with windows. Daniel Klem, a biologist at Pennsylvania’s Muhlenberg College, has been studying the problem for three decades and cites window strikes as a major cause of bird fatality. The primary danger stems from reflective glass. Birds see escape routes and possible safety zones mirrored in reflective glass and fly unaware into windows. The speed and force of the impact can cause instant death. Birds that seem stunned or do not die immediately may actually be fatally injured as well - suffering from a brain hemorrhage or other internal bleeding. At the very least, stunned birds are temporarily less responsive and thus highly susceptible to predation. Transparent glass poses a similar threat as birds collide into unseen windows en route to some visible target on the other side.
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Solutions:

Feeder Placement
How can this help? Many birds strike windows after being startled off a feeder. Bird feeders placed within three feet of windows can reduce fatal collisions because birds do not have an adequate distance to reach high flight velocity. Placing the feeders more than 30 feet from a window will also reduce window collision risk because, at that distance, birds are more likely to recognize that the reflected image is part of a house and are less likely to fly toward it for safety.
Practicality — HIGH: For homes with feeders, this is an easy and surefire way to reduce deadly window strikes.
Window Shades, Drapes, etc.
How can this help? White or light-colored window shades, blinds, or drapes, when drawn, eliminate much of the mirror effect or transparency of windows.
Practicality — HIGH: Interior window treatments (such as drapery) already exist in many homes. The downside is that they block the view to the outside. Drawing curtains or blinds when leaving for work or vacation is good practice.
Before: Drapes open, window reflects habitat After: Drapes closed, reflection greatly reduced
Window Decals or Items Hung Outside the Window
How can this help? Decals or objects placed on or in front of windows create an interference pattern that reduces the mirror effect of reflective windows and make transparent windows more visible. (For example, see "Wing Chimes" on the Fatal Light Awareness Program link below.)
Practicality — MED: Although decals are easily affixed to windows and are available in a range of styles (it is not necessary to use a hawk silhouette), they must be spaced close to each other to be effective – at most 2 inches apart horizontally, and 4 inches apart vertically. Objects, such as ribbon draped on the exterior side of a window must also be spaced strategically to create density. This density causes too much visual obstruction for many people. Covering just a portion of a window is better than no coverage at all.
Bird Netting
How can this help? Fine mesh netting stretched tightly over an entire window causes birds to "bounce" away before crashing into window glass and does not obstruct the view.
Practicality — MED: Works well but requires some do-it-yourself agility; poses entanglement risk if not properly installed. Netting must be taut and at the appropriate distance from the window. Adhere to instructions available with product or on the internet.

Window tilted - ground is reflected

Tilted Glass
How can this help? Tilting the glass in a window causes the ground to be reflected rather than possible shelter and escape routes for fleeing birds.
Practicality – MED: Not a foolproof solution but an easy way to address the problem during the construction or remodeling phase of a building. With supporting research, this practice might be commonplace in the future.
Fritted Glass
How can this help? Fritted glass has granules fused onto it to create a frost-like pattern that reduces its reflectivity and transparency.
Practicality — LOW: Currently being tested on a college campus, it holds some promise for widespread use in commercial and residential applications. May be perceived as esthetically unappealing by the general public and obstructs open view to the outside.
Window Films
How can this help? An opaque sheet of plastic attached to windows gives them a solid appearance.
Practicality — LOW: Films currently available to the general public severely limit visibility.
Bug Screen
How can this help? Bug screens or summer screens on the outside of exterior glass kept in place year-round will cut down on reflectivity and transparency while acting as barrier to birds and insect during warmer months.
Practicality – HIGH: In newer construction, double paned windows can be shielded by screens. In older homes with storm windows, screens would need to be switched with exterior glass. 


Source: http://web4.audubon.org/bird/at_home/SafeWindows.html
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Bird Strike-Threats to Aircraft


Birds represent a serious, but often misunderstood, threat to aircraft. Most bird strikes do not result in any aircraft damage, but some bird strikes have led to serious accidents involving aircraft of every size. Airsafe.com provides various links to information on bird and wildlife strike hazards, including details on the extent of the risk and insights into how these risks may be controlled.



Monday, May 27, 2013

Natural Tricks to Get Rid of Pigeons

If you want to control pigeons at your property, then you should blocked the food and water sources by using bird netting. Use strong spices, such as cayenne, pepper or garlic, to discourage their presence. Get rids of pigeons by taking the advice of any professional gardener or bird control services provider. View the video at ehow.co.uk for more information.