Title:

Study conditions and gull response data for nocturnal unmanned aircraft system treatments used to prevent gulls from nesting on rooftops during nest material gathering phase

Author(s):

Pfeiffer, Morgan B.; Pullins, Craig K.; Beckerman, Scott F.; Hoblet, Joshua L.; Blackwell, Bradley F.

Publication Year:

2022

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Pfeiffer, Morgan B.; Pullins, Craig K.; Beckerman, Scott F.; Hoblet, Joshua L.; Blackwell, Bradley F. 2022. Study conditions and gull response data for nocturnal unmanned aircraft system treatments used to prevent gulls from nesting on rooftops during nest material gathering phase. Research Dataset Series. USDA, APHIS, WS National Wildlife Research Center. Ft. Collins, Colorado. https://doi.org/10.2737/NWRC-RDS-2022-002

Abstract:

This data publication contains unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operational and general weather data from two building rooftops in the spring of 2021. These rooftops were located in Sandusky, Ohio and Chicago, Illinois and were our study locations for quantifying gull response to UAS hazing treatments in the nest material gathering phase (i.e., March to April). We hypothesized that nocturnal UAS operation, like nocturnal predator disturbance, might reduce gull numbers and, thus, collision risk to aircraft. Operation of UAS is weather dependent, hence we collected data on precipitation, average wind speed, as well as wind gusts at each study location and used these data to determine if UAS operation was feasible on a given day. If we were able to operate an UAS, we collected data on site-specific weather and gull reaction.

Keywords:

biota; Wildlife (or Fauna); Birds; antipredator behavior; bird strike; colony nester; drone; hazing; Larus spp.; urban wildlife; wildlife damage management; Larus argentatus; Larus delawarensis; Ohio; Illinois; Great Lakes

Related publications:

• Pfeiffer, Morgan B.; Pullins, Craig K.; Beckerman, Scott F.; Hoblet, Joshua L.; Blackwell, Bradley F. 2023. Investigating nocturnal UAS treatments in an applied context to prevent gulls from nesting on rooftops. Wildlife Society Bulletin. e1423. https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.1423

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