Posted on 09/04/2003 6:29:30 PM PDT by RewbixFlash
2000 birds died last fall in down town Toronto due to... skyscrapers? Actually, they did. Apparently, at night, the buildings bright lights lure the birds and during the day, birds see reflections such as trees in the tall buildings and attempt to land. In both cases, the birds crash into the towers and die. The Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) was concerned about this and have suggested to large buisnesses to turn the lights down at night and most have even complied although some are still reluctantto install expensive, less reflective windows. Without some type of money compensation, why should buisnesses have to pay for upgrading windows and turning off lights? Besides, the glamorous windows and lights are also what attract customers.
The customers need to get into the businesses via the ground floor, however, and most would be pretty repelled by having to clamber over mangled bird carcasses. 2000 in just one fall season is quite a lot, and presumably they're highly concentrated around the skyscrapers. Yuck!
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