Birds Have ‘Blind Spot’ for Power Lines, Causing Fatal Collisions

Photo: Wikipedia , CC Not Adapted to This New Threat For most of their existence as a species, birds haven’t evolved in an environment where something like a power line could be in their flight trajectory. Because of this, they mostly look down while flying to find other birds, nesting areas, and places where they can feed. If there’s a tree or a mountain in front the bird and it is looking down, it’s going to see the trunk or the lower portion of the mountain; with power lines, unless it’s right at the pylon, there’s nothing under the lines to give… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Birds Have ‘Blind Spot’ for Power Lines, Causing Fatal Collisions

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