2 CORP ACFT STRIKE BIRDS AFTER TKOF. 1 ACFT RETURNS TO ARPT.

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CGA X DEPARTED PWK RWY 34; ON AN IFR FLT. SHORTLY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE; THE ACFT RPTED A BIRD STRIKE TO ITS WINDSHIELD. THE PLT ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE FLT. LATER; CGA Y DEPARTED PWK RWY 34 ON AN IFR FLT. SHORTLY AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE; THE PLT RPTED A BIRD STRIKE; AND RETURNED TO LAND. SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE ACFT HAD INGESTED THE BIRD INTO ONE OF ITS ENGS (THE R ONE). BIRDS ARE A MAJOR PROBLEM AT THIS ARPT. WE WERE CARRYING BIRDS ON THE ATIS; AND BOTH ACFT HAD BEEN WARNED OF BIRDS NEAR THE RWY. CGA Y ACTUALLY TAXIED DOWN THE RWY BEFORE DEP IN ORDER TO SCARE THEM OFF. THE WORST TIME OF YR IS DURING MIGRATION; ALTHOUGH WE HAVE BIRDS ON THE ARPT YR ROUND. THE ARPT AUTHORITY INSTALLED NOISE MAKING CANNON AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ON THE ARPT ABOUT 3 YRS AGO. THEY HAVE LITTLE AFFECT AT BEST; AND HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVE AT ALL LATELY. WHEN WE SEE BIRDS; OR RECEIVE BIRD RPTS; WE INITIATE A CALL TO THE ARPT AUTHORITY TO HAVE THEM SCARED OFF. THEY SEND OUT ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES AND TRY TO SCARE THEM OFF WITH A SHOTGUN OR FLARE GUN. THIS USUALLY HAS LITTLE AFFECT. I BELIEVE THAT THE ARPT AUTHORITY MUST BE MUCH MORE AGGRESSIVE DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM. THEY SHOULD CHK THE ARPT FOR BIRDS ON A REGULAR BASIS DURING MIGRATION; AND THEY NEED TO KEEP THE NOISE MAKERS UP AND RUNNING CONSTANTLY. LOW SPOTS THAT FILL WITH WATER WHEN IT RAINS SHOULD BE FILLED; AS THEY ATTRACT BIRDS. WHEN THEY DO SEND A VEHICLE OUT TO SCARE BIRDS; THEY FIRE WITHOUT ASKING US OR WARNING US; ALL TOO OFTEN SCARING BIRDS UP AND INTO THE PATHS OF AIRPLANES LNDG OR DEPARTING. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE BEFORE A BIRD STRIKE RESULTS IN A MAJOR ACCIDENT.