Bird Strike Committee Proceedings
Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 13th (2011)
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Date of this Version
9-2011
Document Type
Article
Citation
Presented at 2011 Bird Strike North America Conference, September 12-15, 2011, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.
Abstract
Outline
•History of the SI Feather ID Lab
•The role of DNA barcoding
•Current state of bird strike ID in Canada
•Potential for a Canadian ID centre
Feather Identification Lab
Established in 1960 by Roxie Laybourne
Logan Airport Electra Crash
October 4, 1960
Worst bird strike in history: 62 people killed
Carla Dove joined in 1989
• 1st interagency agreement in 1994 (U.S. Air Force)
• FAA joined in 2000
• Navy joined in 2008
• Employs a staff of four
• Operates on an annual budget of $530 K
• Identify ~6,000 bird strikes annually
• 2003-2006: Research and Development
• 2006: DNA barcodes regularly employed
DNA Barcoding
Established by Dr. Paul Hebert at the University of Guelph in Ontario
Using a standardized DNA marker for species identification (i.e. COI)
Comments
Copyright 2011 Kerr