[BC] TV tower kills birds

[cldube]

Is this just some sort of anomaly, or is this more common than I thought?
In the 15+ years I have been in broadcasting (I'm a neophyte- I know) I have 
yet to see
a dead bird at the tower site, and I've been to a few. Is this a regional 
issue?

Has this been a problem at any military installations? Cutler, ME  for 
instance (they seemed to have had some rather large guy wires)?

I have, however, seen scores of them over time on the grounds adjacent to 
glass high rise office buildings.
Perhaps this needs to be addressed as well?

I don't mean to be flippant. It seems that broadcast towers get singled out 
in this issue.
Well, broadcast towers and wind mills.

Chuck Dube
WFCR
Amherst, MA.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charles hobbs" <cph1776 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: [BC] TV tower kills birds


> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051006/ap_on_re_us/bird_kill
>
> MADISON, Wis. - As many as 400 songbirds were killed
> in one night after they flew into wires holding up a
> television tower.
>
> The deaths may spur the creation of a group to study
> the dangers communication towers pose to migrating
> birds, said specialists with the Department of Natural
> Resources.
>
> "It's an issue that has been with us for decades," DNR
> avian ecologist Sumner Matteson said. "But we really
> haven't done anything about it."
>
> The birds were killed the night of Sept. 13-14 at the
> WMTV tower.
>
> "There were birds all over the place," said Steven
> Ugoretz, a DNR environmental specialist who works on
> tower-related issues.
> [...]
>
>
>
>
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