About the Authors

Timothy J. Boycott

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

timothyjboycott@gmail.com

Affiliation Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America

Sally M. Mullis

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America

Brandon E. Jackson

Roles Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia, United States of America

John P. Swaddle

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biology Department, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America, Institute for Integrative Conservation, William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: The work reported here contributed to US Provisional Application No. 63/082,025 (Swaddle, J. P. and Boycott, T, J, 2020. Systems and methods for reducing the risks of bird strike), on which Timothy Boycott and John Swaddle are listed as inventors. This patent could be commercialized in the future. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.