BIRD MIGRATION

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 143, 20 June 1925, Page 16

BIRD MIGRATION

THE DANGERS THEY RUN IN

FLIGHT.

installation of the greatest air beacon in the world at Mont Afrique, m Central F ranc6j may b(J welcomed with joy of the airman,, yet will be looked upon with horror by bird-lovers, writes wA "d?CS' "'.:■%-' Daily Mail." With ita; tremendous lamps of one thousand Bullion candle-power! this lighthouse is bound to work terrible deftruS whiclflth^r* flighti °f ri »S'-anfcbirds cross ny™, StlmV nci aS^n in autumn cioss l<ranee on their way to summer a L f °a^ e 1S very serious. In inserted a note from theß keeytrs o the Copeland laland lighthouse'relating to the early spnn g migration. "The M«J, *%? *B, iWriter ' "^ filled with birds. lh 6 balcony outside the lioht wts completely covered with killed bird u l,? r rc fT ? r six deep »»«tt £dCdie^kodllPOnaCa^ toftlleir At no other period of their existence manage to cross at one flight the whole breadth of the North SeV? Birds of prey destroy immense numbers of migrants when tired by long flights, andalthough I do not think this fact is g6n . erally known—gulls are also their savage enemies Blackbirds, larks, and many other birds migrate by night and usually complete their whole fiWt before dawn. But when delayed by winds they arc- pursued and attacked by gulls who strike them down, then, settling on the water, devour them at leisure Worst of all is tho destruction caused by man. In many places a regular business is made of shooting or trapping birds which arrive worn out by a-. Ion" journey.. °