Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- March 10, 2009

For New York airport and others, geese not just a passing problem (:47)

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THE FLOCK OF GEESE THAT CAUSED U.S. AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1549 TO CRASH-LAND INTO THE HUDSON RIVER MAY BE MORE THAN JUST A MIGRATORY PROBLEM. AN EXPERT IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS LAGURDIA ISN'T THE ONLY AIRPORT WITH BIRD PROBLEMS. SAM SCHELLER REPORTS:

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(:22) THE CANADIAN GEESE THAT DESTROYED THE ENGINES OF FLIGHT 1549, CAUSING IT TO LAND IN THE HUDSON, ARE A PROBLEM FOR MORE THAN JUST THE LAGURDIA AIRPORT. PENN STATE PROFESSOR OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES GARY SAN JULIAN SAYS THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY AIRPORTS ARE BUILT, THEY NATURALLY ATTRACT WATERFOWL:

San Julian Actuality:
(:08) "MANY TIMES THERE IS VERY MANICURED GRASS AROUND THE AREA AND GEESE LIKE THOSE HABITAT CIRCUMSTANCES."

(:11) AIRPORTS BUILD PONDS IN ORDER TO SIPHON WATER FROM THE RUNWAY; THESE PONDS THEN ATTRACT GEESE. SAN JULIAN SAYS PENNSYLVANIA HAS A LARGER NUMBER OF RESIDENT GEESE NOW THAN THEY HAVE HAD IN THE PAST.

San Julian Actuality:
(:07) "MANY STATES DIDN'T HAVE THE MIGRATORY FLOCKS SO THEY BROUGHT IN OTHERS AND THOSE OTHERS JUST STAYED."

(:11) THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION ESTIMATED IN 2006 THAT PENNSYLVANIA'S CANADIAN GEESE POPULATION REACHED MORE THAN 1 MILLION. FROM PENN STATE, I'M SAM SCHELLER.

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