The day before this plane went down in NY, a couple of my neighbours and I were near Pearson Int'l airport having a coffee at Tim Hortons. The airport property basically comes right up to Dixie RD (where we were), and you can see most of the airport from the West side down one of the main runways. There are a handfull of trees and a couple of small ravines on the airport property and amongst the trees you could see a couple of deer. There was an issue a few years ago, about removing (killing) the deer in this particular area that had the environmentalists up in arms. Our conversation turned to the safety of the airplanes upon seeing these deer, and what could conceivably happen. I haven't heard of a problem with planes/deer yet but...as far as birds go Toronto uses trained Falcons in an effort to chase or keep birds away ( I think alot of airports do this now). Just seemed ironic that a day later that plane came down due to a bird strike.
