A Lethal Beacon for Migrating Birds: Communication towers claim 6.8 million birds annually in the United States

A Lethal Beacon for Migrating Birds

A Lethal Beacon for Migrating Birds: Communication towers claim 6.8 million birds annually in the United States

Michael L. Avery The 1,200-foot Omega communications tower in LaMoure, N.D., now operated by the Navy. Once its red lights are turned on at night, birds tend to collide with the tower itself or its cables. On the morning of Sept. 11, 1948, “a good number of dead, dying and exhausted birds” were found at the base of the WBAL radio tower in Baltimore, in what was then viewed as a new and unusual phenomenon. Ever since communication towers began popping up in the United States in the 1940s and 50s, bird bodies have littered the fields below them, especially during migration season. For the first time, researchers have now quantified this threat to birds in the United States and Canada. In a study published online in the journal PLoS One, they estimate that a whopping 6.8 million are claimed annually by tower collisions. “Ninety-five percent of birds killed are going to be neo...

Full article: http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/25/a-lethal-beacon...

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@FSologists_AK » 27 Apr '12, 2pm
6.8 million birds are killed in US every year by communication tower collisions! Very sad/tragic loss [link]
@astronomydave » 27 Apr '12, 12am
RT @IDADarkSky: The NY Times: "A Lethal Beacon for Migrating Birds" [link]
@IDADarkSky » 26 Apr '12, 10pm
The NY Times: "A Lethal Beacon for Migrating Birds" [link]
@IntBirdRescue » 26 Apr '12, 6pm
Lethal beacon for migrating birds: New study: 6.8 million killed yearly in communication tower collisions ▸ [link]
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A Lethal Beacon for Migrating Birds: [link] (so shut up about wind turbines already) via @nytimesgreen
@DebbySchade » 26 Apr '12, 12pm
RT @bug_girl: [link] An alarming new study finds com towers kill millions of birds. Must read for bird lovers.
@bug_girl » 26 Apr '12, 11am
[link] An alarming new study finds com towers kill millions of birds. Must read for bird lovers.
@VaranusSalvator » 26 Apr '12, 1am
RT @sivasothi: Estim 6.8M birds/yr killed by comm towers in US/Can; 2% of tallest kills 71% birds NYT: [link] PlosONE: [link]
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@USCDornsife » 25 Apr '12, 10pm
@USC_SSI / RT @usc_research: That's 27x the number of birds killed in Exxon Valdez spill—dying every year [link] @nytimesgreen
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A Lethal Beacon for Migrating Birds: Filed under: Environment News [link]
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That 27x the number of birds killed in Exxon Valdez spill — dying every year: [link] @nytimesgreen @USCDornsife
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Communication towers kill 6.8 MILLION birds /year, reveals new study by #USC Prof. Travis Longcore: [link] via @nytimesgreen
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