Bill,

I was unable to see the document you referred to, but I worked for two
summers with the woman in Sandusky who keeps the FAA data base for
birdstrikes.  This is a very serious matter not just in monetary costs but  in lives
lost (humans and birds).

Record keeping is necessary for research to minimize such collisions.   The
USDA's Wildlife Services here in Sandusky, OH is one of the top research
facilities in this research and their recommendations to airports, including
proper management their properties, is making a difference.

Whose air-space is it?  Unfortunately both human and avian.  It  is up to
us to find ways to minimize the impact (grim pun intended) of this  dilemma.

Sheryl Young
Sandusky
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Date:    Tue, 28 Apr 2015  11:46:07 -0400
From:    Bill Whan  <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Bird strikes top 50

The attached US Air Force document tells us about numbers (& costs)  of
bird-strikes to military planes. Apparently Am. white pelicans  average
over $10 million in costs per collision! Whose air-space is it,  anyway?
Bill Whan
ever-vigilantly watching birds, and your tax dollars, in  Columbus, OH

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