BATTLE OF THE BIRDS TURKEY VULTURE: Struck 864 times by Air Force aircraft and responsible for $54.5 million in damage. BLACK VULTURE: Struck 460 times by Air Force aircraft and responsible for $67.2 million in damage. AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: Caused the Air Force $257.7 million in damage with only 21 strikes. No other bird has cost the service more money. CANADA GOOSE: Caused the Air Force $92.9 million in damage with only 199 strikes. They are the second most costly bird to the service. MUTE SWAN: The largest bird threat to aircraft -- an impressive 31 pounds of meat and beak. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Information gathered from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Air Force BASH Team at Kirtland AFB, N.M. (updated through fiscal 2010).