Re: Cellphone tower in Rock Creek Maintenance Yard

GAIL@UMDD.UMD.EDU
Sat, 06 Jun 98 19:25:26 EDT


Hi Ellen:

While I know that the "superhigh" towers are the primary birdkillers, back
when I had a federal salvage permit and picked up birds for the NMNH,
I found dead birds under many shorter structures, including water towers and
tall light poles. In bad weather the birds can be flying just at treetop
height.

In any case, even if there is only a moderate risk, it would seem a really
BAD place to locate any tall structure if there are alternate sites, and
these certainly exist in nearby completely developed areas of equal altitude.

So I hope folks do make their opinions known...

Thanks,
Gail Mackiernan
gail@umdd.umd.edu