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[TowerTalk] Towers aint for birds

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Subject: [TowerTalk] Towers aint for birds
From: gdaught6@leland.Stanford.EDU (George T. Daughters)
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 16:31:50 +0008

hi.

jim (and others) have speculated about...

> I have heard that complaint before about the bird killing potential of
> towers.  Seems to me trees would be just as big a problem for birds.
> I have observed that lots of birds seem to congregate on the towers and
> yagis at W7RMs large installation.  We have talked about that with Rush in
> the past and he has never found any dead birds under the towers.  But on
> occaison one will be inside a mast or large boom.   That may be due to the
> nesting habits of some of the smaller birds.
> I sure hope we don't have an onslaught of anti-tower stuff come from this
> info.  Seems like everyone with a specific gripe against all matter of
> things will use any small issue they can to beat a drum over.

let's not dismiss the possibility of birds flying into towers.  they 
are "bird-brains" after all.  and the subject was brought up by 
someone who quoted actual DATA!  

that said, let's gather some data about bird impact deaths.  several 
have said (let me add myself to the list) that they have had ZERO 
known bird impacts to their towers, and birds tend to LIKE to 
perch on the antennas.  

now, let's consider how many birds are killed or injured by flying 
into power lines, and especially windows!  that should put our towers 
and antennas way down on the list.  it would be neat to have a list 
like this, for the inevitable hearings.  we can remove our towers 
after the major avian hazards (power lines and windows) have all 
been taken down...

73,
George T. Daughters, K6GT

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