Red-tails and Airports - The Sea-Tac Wing-tag Study

[Donna]

   
To protect passengers, planes, and birds at Seattle’s Sea-Tac airport, biologists Steve Osmek and Bud Anderson capture, relocate, and monitor Red-tailed Hawks. The birds are banded, wing-tagged, and released 80 miles north. Bud says, “Almost none of them come back to the airport. So we’re learning that the program’s very effective.� Learn more about Raptor Strike Avoidance at Sea-Tac International Airport.
If you see a wing-tagged Red-tailed Hawk in the Pacific Northwest, please report it to wingtaggedhawks@portseattle.org.

http://www.portseattle.org/Environmental/Water-Wetlands-Wildlife/Pages/Raptor-Strike-Avoidance-Program.aspx  RSAP

[MAK]

Excellent solution! 

[Lynne in New Hampshire]

    Rochester birds need wing tags!!  Would save eveyone's eyesight!!  Color coded would be fun!!