REO: Remote Egg Oiling
Nesting season shouldn't stop your operations.
Drone precision. Proven protection.
Egg addling, coating bird eggs in oil to prevent hatching, is a well-established and widely accepted method of avian management. OrniLogic helped pioneer Remote Egg Oiling (REO), bringing this proven technique into the drone age to reach energized transmission towers, distribution pole transformers, crane booms, and cliff nests that ground crews simply cannot access.
One treatment. A whole season of protection.
Our patented Remote Fluid Application System (RFAS) has been in the field since 2019, with a proven record of safety and efficacy protecting client assets, reducing operational disruption, and keeping birds out of environments where they cannot safely raise their young.
Benefits:
Why Egg Oiling works:
- A drone-based advancement of a long-proven, widely accepted wildlife management technique
- 5,000+ missions completed for major utilities with zero reportable incidents
- Operated exclusively with American-made, NDAA-compliant drones by highly trained Part 107 certified professionals
- Targets a specific nest while leaving breeding adults unharmed
- Uses food-grade, non-flammable, fast-evaporating silicone fluid — no risk to personnel or equipment
- Deployable on an extension pole or drone-mounted platform, REO renders nearly any nest location accessible
- Returns high-value assets back to service as quickly as possible
Trusted Partners:
How it works:
Engineered for access. Built for safety.
A single treatment prevents hatching at any point during the three-week incubation period. The RFAS can be pole-mounted for ground-accessible nests or attached to our Skydio X10 drone for energized infrastructure and other hard-to-reach locations.
OrniLogic’s drones weigh just over 5 lbs when equipped with our RFAS payload, span 22 inches, and complete most oiling flights in 1 to 5 minutes. The RFAS oiling system runs on an independent power source and is controlled via a separate radio signal, so it never interferes with drone flight operations.
Missions completed:
5,000+
since 2016, zero reportable incidents
Typical Flight Time:
1-5 mins
NDAA Compliant:
100%
American Made Drones Equipped with OrniLogic Tech
Ready to learn more?
Download our full technical report and find out how REO can protect your infrastructure.