Jeff:
Sorry to hear of your loss!.
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Jeff:
Sorry to hear of your loss!.
Dude that sucks! Sorry to hear it. I was looking forward to your thread.
Jeff, My condolences...It would seem with all the technologies that are available today, that someone could come up with a bullet proof device that could be safely installed to prevent this type of accident from happening... I know when we moved into our current house I had under ground power installed at least 500 ft from the house and all wires run underground from there also... Yea it cost a bit but < I've never regretted it
Bummer!!! sorry dude...
Alsos raises another one on those 'what would you like NAFA to do for you issues. It would seem that with private ownership, the cost of protection would be a lot cheaper than litigation.
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Sorry to hear about your coops, Jeff. I think there should be a requirement for all new power lines be buried. Fortunately, most of my township's distribution lines are underground, only the transmission lines are above ground because it would be too cost prohibitive to bury all those. So there are virtually no transformers around me.
Don't be lulled into a false sense of security just because there are no transformers around. I've seen birds electrocuted on poles with just an insulator on top.Quote:
Originally Posted by touyang
Sorry about the Coop Jeff.
Good point, Pete. My concerns would be when I'm out hunting as my area don't have any above ground utilities.
I guess what I'm trying to get across to any newbies out there is that the presence of poles is generally enough for me to look elsewhere for a safer place to fly...transformers or not.
I agree, I can remember hawking with a guy many years my elder in falconry and him stopping at a spot to hawk... I quickly pointed out several tranformers and at last on high tension line... He still wanted to hawk as he told me it had unbelieveable game there... I passed and left him there... Several weeks later he told me he lost his hawk theee to power lines... old saying" To soon old to late smart"
Barry
Jeff,
I am a fellow clicker trainer, hater of starlings and lover of imprinting. I've been following this thread since Picco was about 2 weeks old. This incident has come as a shock to me, I am gutted for you... I can't imagine loosing my imprint to that. I'll be taking extra precautions when it comes to power lines now.
I am so sorry for your loss.
I am very sorry to hear about your loss I was hoping to be able to compare our two coops I hope things go well for the rest of your season.
im so sorry to hear that!!!
Just read this post...you did great Jeff...cant help things like this from happening. I hope you will give it another go...it was very instructive.
sorry for your loss
Robin
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