The Luxor Hotel in Las Vegas has a bright light shining
skyward at the top.
The light attracts bugs, and the bugs attract huge
swarms of birds, circling around in the light beam
to catch the bugs. It's a sight I'll never forget,
and it's pretty well documented. Google luxor light birds.
Throw a tower and some guy wires into that mix, and I can
imagine a bunch of wrecked birds.
So my two-bit theory is:
lights-->bugs-->birds + guyed tower = some dead birds.
But, ham towers don't have lights.
Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Big Bear Lake, CA
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