Hello,
I am a representative of the University of Illinois Center for Excellence in Airport Technology. We are working with Matt Klope at Whidbey Island Naval Base and Steve Osmek at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Our goal is to use this technology to mitigate the risk posed to pilots, their passengers and the aircrafts. We are currently evaluating bird radar technologies that can track movement in a three mile radius. This is quite exciting for us to be at the point of tracking birds remotely over such a large region both during day and night. By using both radars and weather radar in between, we hope to track birds as they migrate. Currently we have the capacity to watch birds in real-time as well as look at historical information. We are performing a preliminary study this fall which will be expanded in the spring. I hope find volunteers to help us in this effort from October 15 through Novemeber 15. It is easy to do and requires barely more than your regular bi!
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ing and other outdoor activites. Below is the datasheet, which is simple and takes only a few minutes to complete. I can send paper copies and stamped envelopes for anyone interested. If you would like to scan send in digital copies, please feel free to do so. In that we hope to expand the study in the spring we are also interested in your input on how easy this process was for you and aspects of the study to improve. As a public institiution we are happy to share the data aquired by observers as well. Please let us know of your interest at my email woodwrth at uiuc.edu. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely
Beth Woodworth

FLOCK OBSERVATION FORM
DATE:________________
TIME:______________ AM / PM
OBERSERVATION LOCATION (Please fill out whichever is most convenient):
Street Map reference/address _________________________________________________________
GPS (if available) :
Latitude:_____________________ ___
Longitude: ________________________
FLOCK OBSERVATIONS (Please mark the appropriate option for each category below)
1) Estimated Distance to Flock
a) Overhead
b) Less than 1000 feet
c) Between 1000feet and 1 mile
d) Greater than 1 mile
2) Estimated Altitude of Flock
a) LOW - less than 500feet
b) HIGH - 550 feet - 2000feet
c) VERY HIGH - 3000feet or more
3) Estimated Flock Size
a) Small - under 10 birds
b) Medium - 10-30 birds
c) Large - 30-50 birds
d) Very Large - more than 50 birds
4) Direction of Flock Movement (circle one)
N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
5) Direction of Flock from Observer (circle one)
N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
6) Species ________________
7) Other Notes: __________________________