Researchers in Ohio hope remote-controlled planes will yield clues about bird-plane strikes

HURON, Ohio — Researchers want to fly remote-controlled airplanes near Lake Erie to determine whether lighting systems could scare away birds and cut down the number of mid-air collisions with flying fowl.

Twilight Adirondack hike shows, black forest, blue lakes, lights of Montreal

SARANAC, New York — The firetower looms white against cobalt sky at twilight atop Lyon Mountain, the thin walls around the tower’s observation deck rattling in strong, chilly gusts of spring wind.

Webcam viewers mourn after witnessing deaths of bald eagle chicks in Calif.

CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The only bald eagle nest on Santa Cruz Island is now a lonely place, one that webcam viewers were delighted to monitor just a few weeks ago.

FAA data show New York’s JFK, Sacramento, Calif., airports have most bird strikes with damage

WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International reporting the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data posted for the first time Friday. And the problem appears to be growing.

Kennedy airport shares shoreline space with huge wetlands, leading to many bird strikes

NEW YORK — Sprawled along the edge of a giant coastal wetlands area, John F. Kennedy International Airport shares airspace with thousands of birds — many of which wind up as carcasses on the runways after colliding with aircraft.

FAA data show New York’s JFK, Sacramento, Calif., airports have most bird strikes with damage

WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds or other animals have destroyed 28 aircraft since 2000, with New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International reporting the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data posted for the first time Friday. And the problem appears to be growing.

A look at wildlife strikes at major US airports

Source: Federal Aviation Administration

FAA data shows JFK in New York and Sacramento airports have most bird strikes with damage

WASHINGTON — Airplane collisions with birds have more than doubled at 13 major U.S. airports since 2000, and New York’s Kennedy airport and Sacramento International report the most incidents with serious damage, according to Federal Aviation Administration data released for the first time Friday.

Home, Sweet Home (Depot): Owl decides to stay at Ark. garden center where mama hatched him

HARRISON, Ark. — A Home Depot in northern Arkansas has someone new looking out for mice in the garden center. Someone with wings.

No mice allowed: Great horned owl hatches inside Ark. Home Depot, takes up residence

HARRISON, Ark. — A Home Depot in northern Arkansas has someone new looking out for mice at the warehouse store. A great horned owl now lives in the Harrison store’s garden center, looking down on surprised customers shopping for flowers and paving stones. Employees say the bird’s mother flew inside of the enclosed garden center during a January ice storm and laid eggs atop a pallet of merchandise.

This plan won’t fly: Transportation secretary rejects FAA secrecy on bird-plane collision data

WASHINGTON — The government is opening up its records of tens of thousands of collisions of birds with airplanes, such as the accident that led US Airways Flight 1549 to ditch into the Hudson River.

Transportation secretary rejects FAA plan to keep secret its data on bird-plane collisions

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is scrapping a proposal by the Federal Aviation Administration that would make secret its data on when and where birds and airplanes collide.

DOT Secretary LaHood to reject FAA plan to keep secret data on bird-plane collisions

WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood says he intends to overrule the Federal Aviation Administration on its plan to keep secret data on where and when collisions between birds and airplanes occur.