The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #58963   Message #936948
Posted By: Gurney
21-Apr-03 - 12:47 AM
Thread Name: BS: Turn off those lights!
Subject: RE: BS: Turn off those lights!
Long ago, when I worked in a biggish factory (Jaguar, Coventry, if anyone is interested)I did note that although the WORKFORCE were on shifts, the sparrows who lived in there only worked days, and there was an internal dawn chorus. We produced just as many cars, just as noisily, on nights. Perhaps the only wildlife that will survive the continuing human population explosion will be the ones that are adaptable enough to live with us, like Blackbirds, Sparrows, Rats, Foxes, Gulls etc.
The lights on tall erections are mostly to show nocturnal aeronautical idiots where they are. And the Police Chopper. (Sorry Officer.)