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| | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Migratory Bird Management, BIRD KILLS AT TOWERS AND OTHER HUMAN-MADE ... |
 | | Kills at WALB tower near Doerum, Colquitt County, on 3 nights in fall (365 individuals of 35 species, 56% Red-eyed Vireos; 12-13 September 1959, 7-8 September, and 17-18 October 1962) are compared with kill on same nights at WCTV tower in Leon County, Florida. |
 | | Of 7 birds found dead at TV tower in Wagoner County 27 October 1976, 4 were nevadensis race (which breeds in western U.S.), 2 were "intergrades between nevadensis and oblitus " (latter breeding in central Canada), and 1 was "intergrade of mediogriseus toward oblitus " (former breeding in New England). |
 | | This tower collapsed in 1973 and was replaced by an even taller structure equipped with strobe lights; for unknown reasons, migrants are "not attracted to the powerful white lights" of the new tower. |
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