Birds have become such a problem on Sanford Airport runways that it is now a full time job keeping them away. Brad Welborn is the wildlife expert at Sanford Airport and has been given the task.
Welborn stated that there are no natural predators within the airport. He has an assortment of tools which he uses to control the birds including paintball guns, flares and fireworks and on occasion even a shotgun.
Protected species such as the bald eagle are of course treated with a little more TLC. There are many bald eagles within the surrounding regions of Sanford Airport. There are collisions between birds and planes up to twenty or thirty times a year at Sanford. They normally involve small birds.
Development in areas surrounding Sanford has meant many birds have to leave their habitats and find somewhere new.
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