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In Brief
Cell tower/bird
fatality report
available
The American Bird Conservancy, an organization dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats throughout the Americas, has just released a report entitled Communication Towers: A Deadly Hazard to Birds.
The report documents the killing of 230 bird species throughout the Midwest and East as a result of the rapid installation pf cell towers. The report covers 47 individual studies analyzing 184,797 birds of 230 different species killed by towers.
The report mentions that 22 percent of birds killed were either endangered or on a watch list, for possible endangerment. The report mentions that most birds are killed during migration, both spring and fall, and that towers over 199 feet with lights were the . key indicators in the death of most birds. *• Other factors that were mentioned were location of cell towers in low or often fogged areas.
There is a copy of this report located in the Rappahannock Library, for your perusal. For additional information on cell towers and their affect on birds, please contact the American Bird Conservancy, 1250 24th Street, Washington, D C. 20037 or phone 202-778-9666.
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