A change of pace from the usual serious tone.....Not sure who had the time to count these 2.38 Billion 'incidents' but it reeks of a waste of money - no offense to our bird friends.
As reportes in the WSJ.
1. Cats (1Bn), 2. Building, windows ($1Bn), 3. Power lines (130M), 4. Hunting (120M), 5. Pesticides (67M)......
Rest of the Top 10:
6. Automobiles (60M), 7. Communications towers (6.8M), 8. Wind turbines (400,000), 9. Airplanes (25,000), 10. Misc.
Sadly, the Bay-Breasted warbler is considered the 'Super-tower collider - while the Horned lark is considered the least at risk of colliding tragically but superbly into a communications tower.
The FCC suggests deaths could be avoided by turning off steady warning signals on towers.....of course this does not consider the risk to aeroplanes, gliders, parachutists or levetators.
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