The Federal Aviation Administration says hundreds of airplanes collided with birds at Nevada airports between 1990 and 2008, but, thankfully, few of the incidents resulted in substantial damage to aircraft. 
Although McCarran International Airport visitor traffic is down in Las Vegas, it led the nation with 244 bird strikes, five of those incidents resulting in substantial aircraft damage.
Following the Las Vegas record, the Reno-Tahoe International Airport followed with 176 strikes, four involving substantial damage.
Elko Municipal Airport reported eight strikes, one involving substantial damage.
The reports follow January’s ditching in the Hudson River in New York of a US Airways jet after being struck by a flock of geese after takeoff.
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