Hi Glenn: Working for the Town of Brookhaven at the time the application was considered and approved, the possible impact to birds from collisions was something we identified and assessed. As part of this assessment I spoke to a number of experts about it and they thought the proposed netting was conspicuous enough as to not pose a danger. Further, a literature search did not turn up instances where this is an issue in other places, with one exception, if I remember correctly, of a duck flying into netting. We can monitor it and if it turns out to be problematic can implement steps to mitigate its impacts.
Having said this, it is a terrible eyesore that destroyed about 20 acres of forest. John Turner > On May 5, 2021 at 8:58 AM Glenn Quinn <gle...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Anybody been watching the construction of the Top Golf Sports Bar on the > north side of the Long Island Expressway in Holtsville (Suffolk County, near > exit 63)?? > > Aside from being a huge eyesore (you can see it from exits away on the > LIE), the netting that they have erected must be at least 150 feet tall, and > there's a lot of it. > > Not that this part of Long Island is a major flyway but I can't help > thinking that it's going to be a problem for migrating birds. Maybe somebody > with more time than I have can look into it. > > Glenn > > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > Rules and Information > http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > Archives: > The Mail Archive > http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > Surfbirds http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > ABA http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > Please submit your observations to eBird http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ ! > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
