Why a plastic OWL Garry. There are so much other ..........
Jos on4kj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Grant" <k1dg@ix.netcom.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 10:34 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Re: Power lines, hawks, and fire ignition
> >The utility fought with animal rights activists and environmentalists for
a
> while until the utility came up with the idea of constructing platforms at
> the very top of the double-pole structures. As a result, the outages
> ceased, the birds had a safe roosting place where they actually built
nests,
> and that was the end of the issue.<
>
> Couldn't they have just used one of those plastic owls to scare away the
birds?
>
> Of course, it would need to be turned to face true North to work...
>
> 73,
>
> Doug K1DG
>
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