[BC] Bird eating towers

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

I dont know about the rest of the country, but here in Florida, the buzzards
will clean up a carcass in short order.  Maybe thats why few are ever seen,
but there should be a few feathers laying around.  My guess, is that birds
can see the towers just fine.  I think thick fog is the only thing that
messes them up.  Gets the bigger metal birds too....LOL

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL

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This is from Bob Gonsett's Newsletter:

DOES YOUR TOWER KILL BIRDS?
Seems like every time we publish a story about tall towers killing
birds, a number of readers respond that they have never seen a bird
kill - or have seen only a few kills - at their tower bases.
Generating hard evidence on number or lack of bird kills is very
important for the FCC proceeding on this subject, and now is the time
to start collecting data.

Telecom attorney Fred Hopengarten K1VR has suggested that tower
owners video record their tower bases (using a security camera with
recording capability) to collect that data. After all, if there are
no carcasses, what happened to the dead birds? The video, on fast
forward, could be reviewed daily by an intern.

While a central repository for data (in the form of reports backed by
DVDs) has yet to be established, sooner or later the FCC will ask for
"comments" on the substantive question, or the FCC's consultant will
ask for data. That will be the time to send in DVDs and/or
affidavits. Hopengarten's web site, with some otherwise unpublished
legal stuff on towers, is located at: http://www.qth.com/antennazoning/


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