2011 Bird Strike North America Conference
Program, Presentations & Papers
The following presentations and papers have been submitted by presenters from the 2011 Bird Strike North America Conference. Additional presentations will be added to this website once permission has been received from the presenter.
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Bahat, Ofer
Dr. Ofer Bahat is a Lecturer at Haifa University and the Technion Institute in Haifa, Israel.
Presentation: Tools for Birds' Ecological Carrying Capacity Management at Airports
Beason, Robert
Dr. Robert C. Beason is a Radar Ornithologist with Accipiter Radar Technologies.
Presentation: 3-D Radar Sampling Methods for Ornithology and Wildlife Management
Boyles, Cathy
Ms. Cathy Boyles is a Wildlife Administrator at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
Presentation: Using Nighttime Falconry for Roosting Blackbird Abatement at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
Carter, Nicholas
Dr. Nicholas B. Carter is the Director/Principal at Birdstrike Control Program.
Presentation: ICAO Document 9137 – New and Improved
Presentation: A Decade of Change for the Israeli Air Force
Coleman, Edward
Mr. Ed Coleman is an Air Safety Investigator for the Air Force Safety Center, in the Media and
Force Development Division.
Full Paper
Colunga, Magdalena
Mrs. Magdalena Colunga is the Manager at Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares in Mexico.
Presentation: Risk Fauna Management in Mexico: ASA Airports Experiences
Dekker, Arie
Mr. Arie Dekker is the Head of the Nature Bureau at the Royal Netherlands Air Force
Presentation: Bird Strike Prevention version 3.0
DeVault, Travis
Dr. Travis L. DeVault is a Field Station and Project Leader at USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services
Presentation: Interspecific variation in wildlife hazards to aircraft: implications for airport wildlife management
Dolbeer, Richard
Dr. Richard Dolbeer is President of Dolbeer Wildlife Consulting and serves as a science advisor to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services program.
Presentation: Comparison of Wildlife Strike Data Among Airports to Improve Aviation Safety
Fernandez, Norma
Dr. Norma Fernandez is the Science Director at Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares in Mexico.
Presentation: Native vegetation conservation vs. induced grass covered surfaces as a control measure for risk fauna
Fortin, Marc-André
Mr. Marc-André Fortin is the President of Le Groupe Prevost-Fortin.
Presentation: Program for the sterilization of beavers in the area of Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau International Airport
Hall, James E. & Paskar, Ken
Mr. James E. Hall is the former Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board (1994-2001).
Mr. Ken Paskar is President of AvTeam and President of Friends of LaGuardia Airport..
Presentation: The North Short Marine Transfer Station - A Case Study
Hodgson, Ann
Dr. Ann Hodgson is President of Resource Designs, Inc.
Presentation: Colonial Waterbird Populations And Management On Florida’s Gulf of Mexico Coast
Johnson, Amy & Clifton, Wayne
Ms. Amy Johnson is a Qualified Airport Wildlife Biologist with Environmental Resource Solutions, Inc. Mr. Wayne
Clifton is an Assistant Vice President of ESIS Health, Safety, and Environmental Services Audit Practice. Presentation: Integrating Wildlife Hazard management Into SMS Part 1 (Johnson)
Presentation: Integrating Wildlife Hazard management Into SMS Part 2 (Clifton)
Kerr, Kevin
Dr. Kevin Kerr is a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution
Presentation: Fourteen-year Summary of Canadian Bird Strike Identifications at the Smithsonian Institution Feather
Identification Lab
McVey, Leslie
Mr. Leslie McVey is Principal Engineer and Flight Safety Investigator at GE Aviation.
Presentation: The Bird Ingestion Threat to Commercial Aircraft Engines and How It Is Addressed
Mendonça, Flavio
Lt. Col. Flavio Antonio Coimbra Mendonça is a Brazilian Air Force Pilot at the Aeronautical Accidents Investigation
and Prevention Center – CENIPA.
Presentation: Airlines’ pilots’ perceptions concerning recommended practices that reduce the risk of bird strikes
Full Paper
Ortiz, Arturo
Mr. Arturo Ortiz is a Fauna Consultant at Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares in Mexico.
Presentation: Risk Species In 12 ASA Mexican Airports Under Tropical, Arid, Semideciduous and Urban Conditions
Pennell, Chris
Mr. Chris Pennell is a Senior Scientist at AgResearch in New Zealand.
Presentation: Specific Endophyte-Infected Grasses For The Aviation Industry Now A Reality
Full Paper
Reed, Julian
Dr. Julian M Reed is Chief of Functional Engineering - Fan Systems and Associate Fellow - Impact Engineering
at Rolls-Royce.
Presentation: A Statistical Assessment of the Changes in Bird Certification Rules for Aero-Engines Through Time
Thiériot, Ericka
Ms. Ericka Thiériot is a Master of Science candidate in biology at the Université du Québec à Montréal in the lab of
Jean-François Giroux.
Presentation: Comparing An Intensive Falconry Program with Selective Culling to Prevent Gulls’ Presence
Tischendorf, Jay
Dr. Jay Tischendorf is a wildlife biologist and veterinarian based in Great Falls, Montana.
Presentation: Perspectives On Private Sector Involvement in Airport Wildlife Hazard Assessments: An Update
Wang, Yong
Mr. Yong Wang is the Chief of the Aerodromes Section in the Air Navigation Bureau at ICAO.
Presentation: Latest developments of ICAO on bird/wildlife hazard reduction