[Maine-birds] Fwd: TRAPS BEING USED TO CATCH SNOWY OWLS AT MICHIGAN AIRPORT

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From: "Laverty, William" <William.Laverty@fmr.com>
Date: January 22, 2014 at 9:13:36 AM EST
To: "welaverty@gmail.com" <welaverty@gmail.com>
Subject: TRAPS BEING USED TO CATCH SNOWY OWLS AT MICHIGAN AIRPORT

All          found this article on Bloomberg news this morning.

               Cut and paste the link in the article for more story and pictures.

               I have tested the link and it is not a virus.

 

           Bill Laverty

          Cape Elizabeth ( workin in Beantown)

 

 

 

     Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP) -- Traps are being used to catch

snowy owls alive at Gerald R. Ford International Airport after

staff members shot nine in the last two months to ensure

aircraft safety.

     Snowy owls are out in force in Michigan and other parts of

the Midwest this winter, thanks to a population boom in their

Arctic breeding lands. Birdwatchers have reported spotting them

more frequently than usual in several places around Michigan.

     Airport staff cannot compromise flight safety due to the

unprecedented influx of snowy owls, airport spokeswoman Tara

Hernandez told The Grand Rapids Press (http://bit.ly/1c0Yh4G ).

The owls are known to fly low and could collide with aircraft.

     "As much as we can prepare for it, you don't expect

something like this," she said of the owl population.

     The airport has a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit to

control snowy owls if they are deemed a safety hazard.

     No collisions between planes and owls have been reported at

the airport this winter, but experts say there have been close

calls. And in 2009, the newspaper reported, a snowy owl flew

into an airplane at Ford airport causing $310,000 of damage.

 

William Laverty
Vice President Municipal Underwriter
Fidelity Capital Markets
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