Angry birds have been swarming drones looking for sharks and struggling swimmers off NYC beaches

A fleet of drones patrolling New York City's beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds.

A fleet of drones patrolling the waters off New York City's beaches for signs of sharks and struggling swimmers is drawing backlash from an aggressive group of seaside residents: local shorebirds. Since the drones began flying in May, flocks of birds have repeatedly swarmed the devices, forcing the police department and other city agencies to adjust their flight plans.

' On Rockaway Beach, a popular summertime destination for New Yorkers, American oystercatchers share their habitat with multiple tern species of waterbirds, as well as piping plovers, a small, sand-colored bird that's the city's only federally designated endangered species. Local officials closely monitor the plovers each summer, barring beachgoers - and drones - from the stretches of sand where they primarily nest.

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