Construction worker was feeding his lunch to the birds adjacent to a taxiway on iad airport.

Attributes
ACN	483612
Time
Date	200008
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iad.airport
State Reference	VA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : ground
Qualification	controller : radar
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : supervisor
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : birds other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Environmental Factor
Primary Problem	Environmental Factor
Situations
Airport	construction : iad.airport

Narrative:

There is a large amount of construction on the airport. The ground controller received a report from an aircraft that one of the construction workers (he was adjacent to a taxiway) was feeding his lunch to the birds. A closer look through binoculars showed he had attracted a small flock. Airport operations was advised and they went out and explained the problem with this practice and told him to stop. I guess operations just discovered one more thing to include in their airfield briefing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CONSTRUCTION WORKER WAS FEEDING HIS LUNCH TO THE BIRDS ADJACENT TO A TXWY ON IAD ARPT.

Narrative: THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE ARPT. THE GND CTLR RECEIVED A RPT FROM AN ACFT THAT ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS (HE WAS ADJACENT TO A TXWY) WAS FEEDING HIS LUNCH TO THE BIRDS. A CLOSER LOOK THROUGH BINOCULARS SHOWED HE HAD ATTRACTED A SMALL FLOCK. ARPT OPS WAS ADVISED AND THEY WENT OUT AND EXPLAINED THE PROB WITH THIS PRACTICE AND TOLD HIM TO STOP. I GUESS OPS JUST DISCOVERED ONE MORE THING TO INCLUDE IN THEIR AIRFIELD BRIEFING.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.