[BCNnet] Re: IBET Lights On in the Loop last night

[Robbie Hunsinger]

Hi Randi,
It looks like the west side was dark last night form what I can tell from
the rreese cam
http://rreese.com
but there were fatalities and injuries everywhere today. One team has
reported around 100 fatalities on the west side alone.
We had lots of rescues too and I will post shortly on that.

I am curious as to which lights you saw on last night. I would love to know
for our records.

Thanks very much,
Robbie

> 
> The lights were on in the Loop last night.  Robbie's group can only
> rescue those birds that the scavengers haven't gotten to first - and
> only those that got to the ground level.  We'll probably never know what
> died at the top of the buildings.
> 
> You can look at NOAA's  webcam sitting on the water-intake facility
> three miles out in the lake.  They have positioned it so we can see from
> the Hancock building to the south side of the Loop.  Click on the
> individual pics to get the timestamp.  (And thanks to the NOAA staff for
> responding to our request to position their webcam so it helps with
> Lights Out tracking.)
> 
> http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/metdata/chi/animate_webcams/frame00.html
> 
> 
> Here's another good webcam that looks south into the Loop from the River
> North area:  http://www.rreese.com/
> Look at the "yesterday hourly" photos.  It shows that the Sears Tower
> lights were out at 11pm last night and back on by 1am this morning.
> 
> If you work in a building (of any height) with bright lights on the top,
> please talk to the facility managers about turning out the lights from
> 11pm until bright daylight the following day.
> 
> Randi Doeker
> Chicago Ornithological Society
> Cook County
> 
> PS:  If you know any architects or people involved in building design,
> please tell them to check out the COS/City of Chicacgo conference for
> architects - www.birdsandbuildings.org
> <http://www.birdsandbuildings.org/>  .  One billion birds are killed
> every year in the US alone through collisions with windows.  That number
> will continue to skyrocket with the rapid growth of all-glass buildings
> that are even designed to be elliptical illusions reflecting the sky and
> clouds.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robbie Hunsinger [mailto:redstart1@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2004 6:52 AM
> To: IBET; BCNnet@ece.iit.edu
> Subject: IBET: need help in Loop this morning- many sightings
> 
> *    We are getting more birds than we can handle downtown right now.
> If anyone lives close and can take an hour or so to help pick up the
> injured
> it would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> This is further complicated with I believe the marathon running today so
> a
> train ride might be the best bet.
> 
> We need help around the west side Sears Tower area and also around the E
> Randolph area.
> We could also use help in the plaza areas. Probably anywhere you can go
> will
> be a help. We have no one
> around the north Michigan area.
> 
> We already have 20 rescues and around 40 fatalities. Its 7:30 and the
> birds
> are still coming in off the lake in large numbers.
> 
> Please give me a call if you might be able to help this morning- no
> experience necessary!
> We have trained teams down there you can join.
> 
> 773 988 1867
> 
> 
> Thanks for your help-
> 
> Robbie
> 
> Cook County
> redstart1@earthlink.net
> 
> 
> Founder & Coordinator
> Chicago Bird Collision Monitors
> http://www.birdmonitors.net
> 
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