Found dead woodcock last night on 54th St. in NYC.

[David Stern]

My hunitng buddy was going home from work last night and thought there was a brown dog turd in front of his aprtment. He looks closer and it is a perfectly intact Woodcock dead. He must have died from exhaustion and lack of food.
Other NYC wildlife sightings. For two seasons I had a Hen mallard give birth to a brood of chicks on the median in the middle of Park Ave. I would check up on her all the time until I get the call that the chicks are running across the ave. We have always been able to move them out of the danger zone.

David

 

[Charlie S and Titan]

Reminds me of one of my kid's all time favorite books => Make Way for Ducklings. Similar (but fictional) story but set in Boston instead.

 

[John Tonielli]

Dave-

Most likely migrating back up North and flew into skyscraper with lights on @ night. I remember reading somewhere that thousands of migrating birds die every year because the lights are left on in the office buildings. There was a memo passed around our office imploring us to turn the lights off @ night. Most of the carnage is cleaned up before the commuters arrive!

Talk to you soon-still dealing with this house sale. Congrats on the boat....now get a new motor!!!!!!!!

regards-

John T.

 

[Nate Grace]

Woodcock seem to travel a bit. We had one buzz the boat a few years ago while sea ducking. We were almost 7 miles from the coast, but close to some islands. We think he was flying up from Cape Cod or Boston and was going to an island that has a marsh/wetland on it.

Nate

 

[tod osier]

Window kill. The number of migratory birds killed by buildings when migrating at night is staggering. As it was said the lights confuse them and they hit the buildings.

 

[Lee Harker]

Found one in my back yard that must have been a raptor kill. Need to get Gore to have all the buildings chopped down.

 

[Denny Budd]

Never happen. He invented sky-scrapers, you know.

 

[Frank Kapp]

I worked for the US Fish and Wildlife Service in the early 60s. One of my jobs was to recover and catalog those birds that were killed by striking the loran "C" tower at Hobe Sound, Florida. Wildlife, such as bobcats and raccoons, frequented the area and probably picked up as many as I did and during some windy nights as many as 40 could be killed or injured. I had to humanly dispose of the ones badly injured.

Frank