This is posted for Robert DeCandido, PhD - rdcny at earthlink.net NYC

 

 

For those interested in how lights affect night migrating birds, we have
just issued our report:

 

Autumn 2004 Visible Night Migration of Birds at the Empire State Building,
New York City, New York

 

In it we describe what we observed at the Empire State Building (ESB) at
night in Autumn 2004, important historical observations made at the ESB, as
well as agreements reached between National Audubon and ESB management in
past years to insure a safe flight at night for migrating birds. It is
available as a free 26 page PDF, so you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to
view it.

 

The results might surprise you including night migrating Ospreys, night
hunting Peregrine Falcons, and the very low mortality rate of migrants.  I
have done my best to present all sides of a complex issue, in a format that
is readable, and easy to look at (photos/graphs).

 

Please email directly and I will send it to you as an email attachment
(approx 450 kb or 90 seconds with a 56k modem). Don't worry if you get a
spam warning from my ISP.  I will retrieve your email and send the report
with best wishes, as soon as I can.

 

 

Fran Saunders

MOS Web Site Director

http://www.mdbirds.org/

Silver Spring, Maryland