tjo@cadillac.siemens.com (09/14/89)
On the way back from lunch today, I found a dead CAPE MAY WARBLER
lying outside the Siemens building. The bird looked entirely
whole and unscathed, and so far untouched by maggots.
We have lots of highly reflective glass
windows, so my first thought was that it had flown into one of
them. But the building is only two stories high, no more
than 30 feet. Would a migrating warbler be flying so low?
Could it have just become exhausted, incapable of flying, and
simply fallen?
Any other suggestions?
Tom Ostrand (ostrand@cadillac.siemens.com)
Siemens Research Laboratories
755 College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08540
(609)-734-6569
Tom Ostrand (ostrand@cadillac.siemens.com)
Siemens Research Laboratories
755 College Road East
Princeton, NJ 08540gss@edsdrd.eds.com (Gary Schiltz) (09/15/89)
In article <15230@siemens.siemens.com>, tjo@cadillac.siemens.com writes: > > On the way back from lunch today, I found a dead CAPE MAY WARBLER > lying outside the Siemens building. The bird looked entirely > whole and unscathed, and so far untouched by maggots. > We have lots of highly reflective glass > windows, so my first thought was that it had flown into one of > them. But the building is only two stories high, no more > than 30 feet. Would a migrating warbler be flying so low? > Sorry about the dead warbler; let's hope (s)he died painlessly. I'm not sure how high migrating warblers fly when they are actually travelling, but I'm pretty sure most migratory birds stop to eat on their fall return southward. So, if there is food in the general area, the bird may have been feeding. Unfortunately, I have had several warblers (including a Cape May) hit my large back window in the last few years, and that is on a one story house (fortunately, they all recovered). I have put several falcon sillhouettes in the window in an attempt to discourage birds from hitting the window; it's hard to know if it has helped or not, as I certainly wouldn't take them down to find out. --- /\ What cheer, /\ | Gary Schiltz, EDS R&D, 3551 Hamlin Road | / o< cheer, <o \ | Auburn Hills, MI 48057, (313) 370-1737 | \\/ ) / cheer, \ ( \// | gss@edsdrd.eds.com | \ / cheer!!! \ / | "Have bird will watch ..." |
wcapling@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Wayne Caplinger) (09/15/89)
In article <15230@siemens.siemens.com> tjo@cadillac.siemens.com () writes: > >On the way back from lunch today, I found a dead CAPE MAY WARBLER >lying outside the Siemens building. ... >Could it have just become exhausted, incapable of flying, and >simply fallen? >Any other suggestions? One idea: I have watched as a pheasant flew into a telephone wire, and fell to the ground. This was shortly before sunset, and the bird did not seem to see the wire. It was dead when I reached it. On other occasions I have seen birds strike wires on which they were attempting to land, but this was the only fatal occurrence. -- :: WCaplinger@teknowledge.com :: Cimflex-Teknowledge Corp., P.O.Box 10119, Palo Alto, CA 94303 :: (415) 424-0500 ext 423