> 2. What did the birds do in cold weather before any paved roads were
> contracted?

Before there were roads in Washington (and most other states) there
were no Ring-necked Pheasants nor Gray Partridges. Both species were
introduced well after roads had been built.


Scott R
Yakima, WA
mryakima at gmail dot com







On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:27 AM, <notcalm at comcast.net> wrote:
> Hello group,
> Questions:
> 1.?How many birds do you all estimate we lose each Winter to this type of
> bird death?
> 2. What did the birds do in cold weather before any paved roads were
> contracted?
> 3. Is there something we can do to provide the birds with safe areas to
> congregate during long spells of cold weather and snow, given that we have
> provided an attractive nuisance? (Hey, believe me, I am glad we made the
> roads so that I can travel to see the birds, but maybe there is something we
> can do to prevent this unintended consequence of our human actvities.)
> 4. Has anyone found anything that works?
> Thanks,
> Dan Reiff
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: vogelfreund at comcast.net
> To: "Bill Anderson" <billandersonbic at yahoo.com>
> Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 11:28:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Re: Birds sitting on the road in rural
> Eastern????????Washington
>
> Hi,
>
> Black-top asphalt roads retain warmth. In other states, rattlesnakes and
> cattle (Mexico), for example, like to lie on the roads, causing accidents.
> When I was in Korea in the early 1960's, I almost ran over several humans
> (farmers or etc.) who were lying on the warm road late at night out in the
> country.
>
> Phil Hotlen
> Bellingham, WA
> ----------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Anderson" <billandersonbic at yahoo.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 9:45:07 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Birds sitting on the road in rural Eastern
> Washington
>
> Were the surrounding fields snow covered????If so, the birds may have been
> attracted to the road because it was?bare.? Perhaps the birds were attracted
> to the road?for warmth, as pavement retains heat better than soil.
> Bill Anderson; Edmonds, WA.
>
> ________________________________
> From: ECollins <circle2square at yahoo.com>
> To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 5:28:45 PM
> Subject: [Tweeters] Birds sitting on the road in rural Eastern Washington
>
> While visiting a friend in Reardan, WA, west of Spokane she mentioned that
> last Wednesday there were Ring-necked Pheasants sitting on her rural road
> (during the day) and she was unable to stop before hitting the male. Then
> later the same night on the same road she hit a flock of Gray Partridges
> which were flushed from the other lane into hers by oncoming traffic and,
> unable to stop or swerve, she killed several of them. It was horrible for
> her and we would very much like to know why she's never seen these birds
> sitting on her road in the six years she has lived there. They feel
> confident no one released game birds, the weather wasn't particularly bad
> for that area, and the birds were not near clusters of trees and wet areas.
> They drive the road nearly every day so it was really unusual behavior.
>
> Elizabeth Collins
> NE Portland
>
>
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