[SBE] Birds and tower lighting - formerly going green

[Cowboy]

On Tuesday 06 May 2008 12:12 pm, Kim Sacks wrote:

>  How does switching to LED beacons and side lighting avoid problems with

>  birds? The whole issue of birds and towers has always confused me a little.

>  I've read some of the documents online from the EPA in early '06 (I think it

>  was the EPA) about birds flying into towers because they mistake the lights

>  for stars, or something along those lines. Has anyone actually proven that

>  dead birds found at tower sites died because they flew into a tower?  Are

>  there any new documents available about birds and towers?


 To the best of my knowledge and belief........
 There are no *credible* documents of any kind about tower related bird deaths.
 There is ample empirical evidence which suggests there is no problem,
 never was, and likely never will be.

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