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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: 757-rules on January 30, 2013, 05:08:58 PM
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:? I really wonder why Birds of all kinds are so ignorand at airports !
Don't they hear the noise of an airplane or what? There can't be much food (waste) around an airport in my opinion.......
Attached a photo taken from a youtube film.
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That particular photo is a trick of perspective. That pigeon is probably 100 yards away from that airliner.
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:? Well you tell me how far away it is, take a look at the 1:34 mark in the video.... :?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-JVqhPWfEE
But anyway, I still don't know what these birds want nearby airports, so that was the question.....
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When I fly, I always notice them circling in the thermals. Airports are giant open fields with lots os asphalt or concrete to create thermals. I'm not an ornathologist nor do I play one on tv, just my opinion based on observations.
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They also go after seeds and insects churned up behind the grass mowers. I always see them walking around behind grass mowers at my airport.