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Protect
Your Aircraft! Do you know that less than 20% of all bird strikes
are reported? All BASH Programs that include falconry will
reduce the number of actual incidents by at least 80%.
The Ronin Air Falconry Service (RAFS) BASH Program
includes the use of decoys, bird trapping methods associated with
traditional falconry, dart and gas systems, and powerful "Hazing"
techniques. Specifically, RAFS employs the following mitigation
applications, methods, processes and techniques in its BASH Program:
Robotic raptor replicants, custom noose harness's plastic
raptor robots, cage trapping, mist net trapping, bird lyme trapping,
drop net trapping, rocket net launcher systems, tranquilizer dart and
gas systems, shotgunning (if permitted) pyrotechnics, lasers and
strobes. Additionally some projects benefit from the use of hazing
canines such as border collies, whippets, or English pointers, and may
be requested.
If
you retain us, we can do the same applications that you may already be
doing. We are licensed wholesalers and distributors of many of the
previously listed tools, all made in the USA. So for one rate you will
get the same applications combined with falconry services. Our birds
(falcons, hawks and owls) are specially trained for airport work and as
natural predators they trigger the predator-prey instinct genetically
encoded in the prey bird species we are contracted to eliminate from the
airfield and drive far from the airport area. We guarantee it.
The RAFS BASH program is so effective because *in
addition* to the traditional techniques of professional falconry such as
specially airport-trained daytime hazing falcons, "night hawking," and
constant trapping techniques, we define a RAFS BASH Program as a
falconry program that is fully integrated with a complete Airport
Wildlife Management Program. Therefore we incorporate into our BASH
Program the accepted international standard for effective Wildlife
Management Programs. As specified in the 2013 ICAO manual for Wildlife
Management at Airports (ICAO Document 9137), an Airport Wildlife
Management Program should include:
(1) The designation of a wildlife control officer responsible for the
management of wildlife on the airport;
(2) The establishment of a land use plan with regard to effective land
use on and off the airport as it pertains to the wildlife control
program;
(3) The implementation of ecological measures to reduce wildlife
attractiveness at the airport and in the vicinity;
(4) The inclusion of a habitat management program at the airport or the
creation of the program if not already in place;
(5) We insist on the absolute exclusion of bird and wildlife attracting
landfills within a distance of at least 14 KM from the airport perimeter
fence line;
(6) An assessment of the current airport fence to determine its
effectiveness at preventing wildlife incursions and improving the fence
line as necessary;
(7) The use of hazing methods at the airport, as described above (e.g.
the use of predator species such as falcons and hawks to haze problem
birds, the use of pyrotechnics, lasers, strobes and animal distress
sound recordings.
(8) The use of the latest technologies in bird control and bird air
strike warning and reporting systems.
(9) Consistent, accurate reporting of bird strikes. And equally as
important is the insistence by RAFS Management that in addition to
confirmed bird strikes the airport personnel also report near misses and
suspected air strikes (even when there is little evidence).
(10) The use of standardized reporting, using the form defined in ICAO
Document 1937. If you are interested in learning more about our BASH Programs, our
professional experience at civil airports and military air bases, or our
100% bird abatement guarantee, please call or email us. We will be
happy to design a program specific to your needs, including professional
EIR's (Environmental Impact Reports) and Falconry BASH service
proposals.
The Squadron our trained hunting
raptors.
The Enemy the most common bird
pests encountered.
Some of our references include:
- US Air Force Plant 42, Northrop Grumman: B2 Stealth Bomber base
- US Air Force Plant 42, Boeing/NASA: Boeing/NASA Space Shuttle Works
- Long Beach Intl Airport, Boeing, Boeing 717 Works
Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs)
- "2000: Moffet Naval Air Station / Onizuka AFB, US Navy, P-3 Orion and C-130 base.
Problem birds: Pigeons roosting in Windtunnels
- "2001: Lemoore Naval Air Station, US Navy, "West Coast Fighter Group," F16/F18 base.
Problem birds: Pigeons in fighter hangars
- "2002: Eilsen AFB North Pole Alaska, US Air Force, F16/F18 and F4 Warthog Tank-Buster base
Problem birds: Semi-Polmigated Plovers, 11 confirmed air strikes in 3 weeks (means 40 or 50 actual strikes)
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