Doing a little research on Seatac's response to bird strikes, I came upon their wildlife management plan (http://www.portseattle.org/downloads/community/environment/wildlifemanagement08.pdf). In it was a list of the species struck by aircraft there in 2007:

Seatac Airport Bird Strike List for 2007

Unknown bird 44

Gull spp. 5

American Kestrel 4

Swallow spp. 6

American Crow 2

Red-Tail Hawk 2

European Starling/Blackbird 3

American Robin 1

Black Turnstone 1

Cormorant, Dbl Crested 1

Horned Lark 1

Killdeer 1

Western Meadowlark 1

Western Sandpiper 1

Burrowing Owl 1

Fox Sparrow 1

Warbler spp. 1

Grand Total 76



I wish I had a live Burrowing Owl on my King County list.



Ed Swan

Vashon Island

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