According to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, scientists estimated that
over 1.4 million birds in the 1970's were killed by collision with tall
towers, especially those with lights. Now it is estimated the nearly 4
million are killed by 1,100 such towers. Almost 350 species of birds
that migrate at night are particularly susceptible of being killed,
especially during foggy and misty nights. Now over 49,000 of such towers
over 200 feet are in existence, and there may be 49,000 towers erected
in the next decade.

A recent conference of over l00 of some of the world's leading
ornithologists have recently met to establish research prioritories and
research projects to study ways to conduct such research and start
research projects to study ways to reduce this cause of mortality.

Birds lead a tough life now with life by cause of the increased use of
pesticides on agricultural, forests, landscape plants, storms and
inclement weather, predation by roam, ing cats, raccoons and other such
predators, destruction of habita, tall towers to name a few hazards.

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife News of September-October, Washington
D.C.

Gene Kridler the Old Broken Down Wildlife Biologist
Squirm - er - Sequim, Wa.