[TowerTalk] Tower Bird Strikes "Proven"

[Stephen Vinson]

Dick Flanagan wrote:
> 
> Possible ammunition that could be used against tower installations.
> 
> See http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/07/07/birddeaths.ap/
> 
> 73, Dick
> --

Not that I'm an expert ... but I do have a 145' tower in my back yard
and have yet to have a bird collide with it that I'm aware of.  For an
animal that can see and catch an insect in mid air I find it hard to
believe they simply do not see a tower.  

Now flying into a microwave transmission at close range ... I could see
that.  But I have yet to see any of the swallows that dart in and out of
my yard after airborn insects I really have to differ with the
bird/tower collision epidemic.

Maybe I do need to light my tower ... HeeHee

Steve
KD4WIW


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