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Michigan DOT bridge nesting boxes a haven for endangered peregrine falcon chicks
Bridges serve as a way for vehicles to get from one place to another, but some also provide nesting sites for endangered bird species. Such is the case in Michigan, where MLive reports that seven peregrine falcon chicks were born this spring on top of two Upper Peninsula bridges—the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and […]
July 5, 2016
Construction Equipment
Caltrans agrees to remove netting from bridge construction site to remove threat to swallows
The California Department of Transportation recently reached a settlement with conservationists to remove netting draped across a construction site near San Francisco consisting of two bridges. According to a report from the Los Angeles Times, Caltrans draped the netting over the Petaluma and Lakeville Overpass bridges on Highway 101 to keep cliff swallows from nesting beneath […]
February 13, 2014
Roadbuilding
Roadside birds can figure out the speed limit
Who would have ever known that a bird may be capable of figuring out the speed limit on a certain stretch of road? Pierre Legagneux, a biologist at the University of Quebec in Rimouski, suggests they can do just that. Legagneux noticed that common European birds standing on the side of the road were inclined […]
October 9, 2013
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