Aircraft radar system for bird and bat strike avoidance

A vehicular weather radar system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices operably coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
• perform a first full weather radar scan of an area of sky;
• generate, during at least part of an interval between the first full weather radar scan and a second full weather radar scan, a radar transmission tuned to detect at least one of birds and bats;
• receive reflected radar signals in response to the radar transmission;
• determine whether the reflected radar signals comprise data indicative of detected birds or bats;
• generate an output based at least in part on the data indicative of the detected birds or bats;
• and
• perform, after receiving the reflected radar signals, the second full weather radar scan of the area of sky.

A vehicular weather radar device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memory devices operably coupled to the one or more processors, wherein the one or more memory devices comprise executable instructions configured to cause the one or more processors to:
• perform a first full weather radar scan of an area of sky;
• generate, during at least part of an interval between the first full weather radar scan and a second full weather radar scan, a radar transmission tuned to detect at least one of birds and bats;
• receive reflected radar signals in response to the radar transmission;
• determine whether the reflected radar signals data indicative of detected birds or bats;
• generate an output based at least in part on the data indicative of the detected birds or bats;
• and
• perform, after receiving the reflected radar signals, the second full weather radar scan of the area of sky.