Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:09:52 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Fred Pierce Subject: OT: migrating birds and aircraft MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I thought some of you might find these interesting: about hazards - http://www.avweb.com/eletter/archives/avflash/214-full.html#186949 Although there is a definite conflict when it comes to avian traffic, birds and pilots have a lot in common also. Both of their habitats - ground and air - are threatened by development, human population growth and overcrowding, flying hazards are increasing from cell phone and other towers plus rapid destruction of landing and refueling areas etc. If the traffic problems can be solved, airports and wildlife preserves can be mutually beneficial; the little airport on the boundry of Acadia N.P. has been cited as being instrumental in preserving the view in that area. Thought I'd throw that out as a possibile alliance opportunity. As you may know, Suburban Airport in Laurel has just had a major fight over development, Haysfield in Clarksville will be going that way in a few years etc. Comments on this are welcome. All I've had time to do thus far in exploring the idea is add a link to "Living on the Wind" to my site, since I think it would appeal to pilots. latest on ultralight whooping cranes - http://www.aero-news.net/news/sport.cfm?ContentBlockID=dc66309b-2b76-483c-b5 40-47ff0686b7aa fdp -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fred Pierce (DNRC)- fpierce@avialantic.com Mid-Atlantic Aviation on the Web - http://www.avialantic.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================