Used for old mining claims, the PVC pipes sticking out of the ground were never expected to become deathtraps...but a new law pushed forward by a bird conservation looks to stop the problem.
The pipes look like perfect nesting areas for birds...a small hole sticking out of the ground in the middle of a desert, just big enough for a bird to fly in...the problem is that the pipes are only big enough for that. Once inside, the birds cannot extend their wings to fly out, and the pipes are often to smooth for the birds to claw their way to the top. The result is estimations that rise above one million bird deaths.
Check out the story...
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/22/8955697-pvc-pipes-trapping-killing-birds-by-the-thousands
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