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Re: Night Migration

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Bob and Melinda Elvander

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:57:41 -0500

Fran,
     I am interested in the report.  Please forward it to me.  Thanks.
     Bob E.

Fran Saunders wrote:

>This is posted for Robert DeCandido, PhD - rdcny at earthlink.net NYC
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>For those interested in how lights affect night migrating birds, we have
>just issued our report:
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>Autumn 2004 Visible Night Migration of Birds at the Empire State Building,
>New York City, New York
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>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.
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>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).
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>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.
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>Fran Saunders
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>MOS Web Site Director
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>http://www.mdbirds.org/
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>Silver Spring, Maryland
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