[BC] TV tower kills birds

[Rob Atkinson]

i think it varies somewhat due to location because there are more bird 
accidents in areas under migratory bird flyways.    I recall reading that 
migrating birds fly up through part of texas so there's some area down there 
where there might be a lot of them hitting towers, and i have heard that 
chicago is under or near a flyway so at certain times of the year the taller 
buildings there do something to make the birds see them.   I had this idea 
that migrating birds got pretty high up--high enough to miss ground 
structures, but i guess not.

rob atkinson
st. charles IL


<<<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?>>>

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