Intense short-wavelength light triggers avoidance response by Red-tailed Hawks: A new tool for raptor diversion?
| Autor: | David A. Merker, Carol R. Foss, Donald J. Ronning |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine biology Buteo Avoidance response biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Collision risk 03 medical and health sciences Wavelength 030104 developmental biology Aeronautics Environmental science Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | The Condor. 119:431-438 |
| ISSN: | 1938-5129 0010-5422 |
| DOI: | 10.1650/condor-16-230.1 |
| Popis: | Collisions between birds and aircraft present serious safety and economic risks to aviation worldwide. Research into the potential for lighting to reduce collision risk has been evolving since the mid-twentieth century. Our objective was to explore the potential for using customized light-emitting diodes (LEDs) as a deterrent to wild raptors under natural conditions. The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is among the top 10 bird species struck by aircraft in the United States; these collisions have resulted in aircraft damage, emergency landings, aborted takeoffs, and human injuries and fatalities. We tested the reactions of migrating Red-tailed Hawks to pulsing, high-brightness, monochromatic LEDs that targeted the avian photoreceptors for light of short and extremely short wavelengths. We installed 3 lighting units to illuminate 2 lures at a raptor banding station during the peak of Red-tailed Hawk migration and compared the number of captures and aborted approaches to these lures with captur... |
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