Did you know that black kites, (Milvus migrans), which are on the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s top 10 species struck list, are likely to be an even higher strike risk following record rainfall on Australia’s east coast so far this year?
Bird species that cause havoc
Which birds would you think have caused the greatest toll in aviation?
Did you know? Kestrels have two super powers: their ability to hover like a helicopter, and to hunt rodents using their ultraviolet light vision.
Fish and chips on the beach, mobbing silver gulls: it’s the authentic Australian seaside picnic. Adept natural scavengers and especially chip thieves, silver gulls enjoy a flexible diet.
Christmas is fast approaching, and we look forward to our varied family traditions. Here at Avisure we also end the year with a tradition, and although for the second year we not are not able to catch up in person, it will not stop us from celebrating our team and the year that was.
Avisure has a longstanding partnership with Ballina Byron Gateway Airport in managing the airport’s wildlife hazards effectively.
I spent much of late October and early November monitoring thousands of geese, manoeuvring around the airfield, and trying to outsmart (or at least outlast) the geese.
thern hemisphere, kangaroos have the dubious distinction of topping the Australian Transport Safety Bureau’s (ATSB) statistics for the number of damaging strikes by a terrestrial animal
Our northern hemisphere spotlight species rarely receives an ’Ahhhh, cute’, but they do play a crucial role in ecosystems, and an outsized role in wildlife management at airports. Turkey vultures (Cathartes aura) are the most widely distributed vulture in the western hemisphere.
We are popping the champagne cork! We are so excited about Australia opening back up that we have themed our second quarter of the financial year ‘celebration’!
Avisure acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the lands and waters where we work. We pay deep respect to Elders past and present who hold the Songlines and Dreaming of this Country. We honour and support the continuation of educational, cultural and spiritual customs of First Nations peoples.
Acknowledgement artwork completed by Raymond Garrett, a Darumbal and Wulli Wulli Traditional Owner, 2021
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