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<FONT FACE="Lucida Grande">Dear BCN members,<BR>
We have had a weekend of major buildings with lights on, extremely heavy migration and now thunderstorms are in the <BR>
forecast for 3am overnight. <BR>
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This is the worst possible combination for migratory birds. Hopefully the storms will not come.<BR>
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If any of you are going into the downtown area, please take brown paper sacks with you if possible and pick up any injured birds,<BR>
place them in sacks and call our hotline.<BR>
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773 988 1867<BR>
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It is voicemail but someone is alerted as soon as you leave a message and will call you right back.<BR>
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We do have teams out in the morning but not many people and this could be a very bad situation. We could really use extra help from anyone downtown.<BR>
We have no one near the Hancock that I know of at this point for example and it is one of the buildings that has been lit.<BR>
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Hopefully the T storms will not hit the birds overnight and push them into our buildings but it is very possible that this could happen.<BR>
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Please keep a look out for birds through the day tomorrow and call our hotline for assistance.<BR>
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Note that we now have learned that freshly stunned birds can appear identical to dead birds so please do not assume a bird is a goner if it is on its back etc.<BR>
Please go ahead and put it in a paper bag if you are unsure and call for advice.<BR>
Many of these extreme looking injuries are treatable given some time.<BR>
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Thank you for your help tomorrow!<BR>
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I will be on the phone with management first thing tomorrow about the lights.<BR>
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Robbie<BR>
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Robbie Hunsinger<BR>
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redstart1@earthlink.net<BR>
Cook County IL<BR>
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Founder & Director<BR>
Chicago Bird Collision Monitors<BR>
http://www.birdmonitors.net<BR>
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