Data for "Responses of turkey vultures to unmanned aircraft systems vary by platform"

This data publication includes raw data from 100 unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) field trials at the Erie County Landfill, 10102 Hoover Road, Milan, OH, USA 44846-9711. Data were collected 08 July 2019 – 03 September 2019 and include UAS trial characteristics, bird counts from before and after the trial, focal vulture data, environmental characteristics, time stamps for post processing of flight-initiation distance and UAS speed.To understand turkey vulture response to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) approach. Turkey vultures are considered a risk to aviation safety and dispersing them in a nonlethal way is of interest for human health and safety.For more information about this study and these data, see Pfeiffer et al. (2021). These data were published on 11/02/2021. On 11/5/2021 metadata was updated to include reference to newly published article (Pfeiffer et al. 2021). Ninety-four videos recorded by the “eye-in-the-sky” UAS of the treatment UAS approaching turkey vultures were added to this package on 01/27/2022. In 6 trials, the “eye-in-the-sky” UAS failed to record the interaction (RunNo 3, 17, 32, 91, 92, and 94).