Great blue heron alighting on airfield at Portland International Airport.
Great blue heron feeding on a gray–tailed vole.
Great blue heron rookery on Tri-Club Island.
Hatch-year red-tailed hawk
Resident red-tailed hawks are habituated to the PDX cannons. This sound system is more effective in dispersing migrants from the airfield.
Red-shouldered hawk held by Carole Hallett from Pacific Habitat Services.
Resident hawk nests are monitored to determine the timing of hatching and fledging.
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Swedish goshawk traps are used as part of the red-tailed hawk trapping and relocation program.
Swedish goshawk traps are used as part of the red-tailed hawk trapping and relocation program.
Flight cages on Sauvie Island where young Red-tailed hawks learn to fly and hunt.
Nick Atwell, Aviation Wildlife Manager, with an injured Great-horned owl. The owl was transported to the Audubon Society Wildlife Care Center, where it was treated and then released.
Flock of starlings
PDX Wildlife Team - Nick Atwell, John Hilterbrand, Alex Lauber and Erick Shore
The PDX wildlife team, Erick Shore, John Hilterbrand, and Alex Lauber during a training session instructed by Carole Hallett. All captured raptors are banded before they are relocated.
PDX wildlife technicians Erick Shore and John Hilterbrand assessing the wildlife risk to aviation safety.
Wildlife Management
During a PDX Air Fair, visitors learn about airport operations, including the PDX wildlife management program.
A captured red-tailed hawk grabs the attention of high school students during an educational session for the Mayor Sam Adams' Youth Connect Program.
Coyote outside the airfield fence.
Exclusion fencing deters coyotes from digging underneath the airfield fence.
Coyote jumping the airfield fence.
Canada geese
Construction silt fencing breaks up the line of sight in large open areas. This decreases visibility for geese, when their visibility is limited, the geese sense a predator may be waiting beyond the obstruction.
Capturing an injured great blue heron for transport to the Audubon Wildlife Care Center.
The first snowy owl capture at the airport.
The first snowy owl capture at the airport.
Bird Balls™ reduce usage of detention ponds by waterfowl.
