WEBVTT 00:10.340 --> 00:12.673 Good morning , my name is Alicia Garcia . 00:12.673 --> 00:14.562 I'm the natural Resources program 00:14.562 --> 00:16.784 Manager at JBl E . Langley . Previously 00:16.784 --> 00:18.896 known as Langley Air Force Base . I'm 00:18.896 --> 00:20.673 here today with Captain Boss at 00:20.673 --> 00:22.896 Bernardo Wildlife management area . The 00:22.896 --> 00:25.007 U . S . Fish and Wildlife Service was 00:25.007 --> 00:27.118 kind enough to have us out here at no 00:27.118 --> 00:29.062 cost so that we could receive some 00:29.062 --> 00:31.340 training on how to operate rocket nets . 00:31.340 --> 00:33.507 We needed this training in order to be 00:33.507 --> 00:35.729 able to safely conduct a research study 00:35.729 --> 00:37.980 at langley on bald eagle so that we can 00:38.010 --> 00:41.900 mitigate potential hazards 00:41.910 --> 00:44.077 between aircraft and bald eagles since 00:44.077 --> 00:45.854 they are fully recovered in the 00:45.854 --> 00:48.188 Chesapeake Bay area . Captain will boss , 00:48.188 --> 00:50.410 Air Force Safety center bash team . I'm 00:50.410 --> 00:53.350 a wildlife biologist . Uh specialize in 00:53.370 --> 00:55.537 everything . So from the bird wildlife 00:55.537 --> 00:57.481 aircraft strike hazard program and 00:57.481 --> 00:59.370 preventing human wildlife of wins 00:59.370 --> 01:01.710 conflict . I think keeping wildlife 01:01.720 --> 01:03.880 away from planes keep everyone safe . 01:03.890 --> 01:06.001 We went ahead reached out to the Fish 01:06.001 --> 01:08.057 and Wildlife Service because we were 01:08.057 --> 01:10.223 looking for some professional training 01:10.223 --> 01:12.390 to be able to certify us to be able to 01:12.390 --> 01:14.970 use rockets to safely capture birds , 01:14.980 --> 01:17.147 dr dan Collins of the U . S . Fish and 01:17.147 --> 01:19.369 Wildlife Service was able to facilitate 01:19.369 --> 01:21.424 getting us both training both in the 01:21.424 --> 01:23.536 summer and our hands on training here 01:23.536 --> 01:25.758 in new Mexico right now in december dan 01:25.758 --> 01:27.869 Collins with the US Fish and Wildlife 01:27.869 --> 01:29.980 Service out of our southwest regional 01:29.980 --> 01:31.980 office here in Albuquerque . I am a 01:31.980 --> 01:33.980 migratory game bird biologist and I 01:33.980 --> 01:36.147 work to fill information needs for any 01:36.147 --> 01:38.258 species that are hunted and migrate . 01:38.258 --> 01:40.380 So ducks , geese , cranes dove . So 01:40.380 --> 01:42.269 this morning we captured sandhill 01:42.269 --> 01:43.991 cranes from the Rocky mountain 01:43.991 --> 01:46.047 population . Uh , we were putting on 01:46.047 --> 01:49.680 aluminum , uh , lock on bands as well 01:49.680 --> 01:51.940 as auxiliary markers that allows us to 01:51.940 --> 01:55.140 estimate survival recovery movements of 01:55.140 --> 01:57.290 these birds across the their their 01:57.290 --> 02:00.240 range . Some of these birds got GPS 02:00.240 --> 02:03.700 units previously and those birds are 02:03.700 --> 02:05.867 able , they're able to provide data as 02:05.867 --> 02:08.033 far as flight height is concerned . So 02:08.033 --> 02:11.370 with power lines and aircraft , we can , 02:11.370 --> 02:13.426 we can estimate potential collisions 02:13.670 --> 02:16.340 with any obstructions in their field of 02:16.340 --> 02:18.451 sight . Like I said earlier , this is 02:18.451 --> 02:20.229 phenomenal training . We really 02:20.229 --> 02:22.062 appreciate the Fish and Wildlife 02:22.062 --> 02:24.284 Service being able to facilitate this , 02:24.284 --> 02:23.720 it was a pleasure for us to be able to 02:23.720 --> 02:25.720 come down here and have a chance to 02:25.720 --> 02:27.887 interact with with different birds and 02:27.887 --> 02:29.942 being able to help also tagged these 02:29.942 --> 02:32.109 that will provide useful data for bash 02:32.109 --> 02:35.000 and for the greater good for for 02:35.000 --> 02:37.360 aircraft and for safety .