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Index of Subjects --Boundary_(ID_hCKfxeFwjBJUeKyNyvR8FQ) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT You could get your own ornithological radar set-up, if you wanted. At least, Accipiter Radar Technologies calls their system "affordable" (although they do not say to whom it is affordable). One use of such a system is to warn of birds which might be a hazard to aircraft. They refer to this as "bird aircraft strike hazard," with the delightful acronym BASH. See: http://www.accipiterradar.com/home.html On 18 Sep 2009, at 9:05 PM, Chris Callaghan/Andy Moir wrote: > There was a very interesting segment tonight on Discovery Channel's > Daily Planet, about the millions of birds showing up on radar moving > south out of Ontario. They were talking about millions of birds > moving. However, when I look at the radar shots available from > Environment Canada, I don't see anything like they were > showing.Anybody have any idea where they got their radar shots, and > how they were doctored to show birds, and not precipitation? > Andy in Freeport --Boundary_(ID_hCKfxeFwjBJUeKyNyvR8FQ) Content-type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">You could get your own = ornithological radar set-up, if you wanted. At least, Accipiter = Radar Technologies calls their system "affordable" (although they do not = say to whom it is affordable).<div><br></div><div>One use of such a = system is to warn of birds which might be a hazard to aircraft. = They refer to this as "bird aircraft strike hazard," with the = delightful acronym BASH.</div><div><br></div><div>See: <a = href=3D"http://www.accipiterradar.com/home.html">http://www.accipiterradar= .com/home.html</a></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On 18 Sep = 2009, at 9:05 PM, Chris Callaghan/Andy Moir wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div = bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">There was a = very interesting segment tonight on Discovery Channel's Daily Planet, = about the millions of birds showing up on radar moving south out of = Ontario. They were talking about millions of birds moving. = However, when I look at the radar shots available from Environment = Canada, I don't see anything like they were showing.Anybody have any = idea where they got their radar shots, and how they were doctored to = show birds, and not precipitation?</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">Andy in = Freeport</font></div></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></ht= ml>= --Boundary_(ID_hCKfxeFwjBJUeKyNyvR8FQ)--
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