FCC Gone to the Birds

Like so much goes on in Washington the DC Court of Appeals has ruled on American Bird Conservancy, Inc. v. FCC. Upholding part, vacating part. The main complaint is the FCC has not followed procedure in regards to the Species Protection Act and the National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA]. All of this is administrative BS of course.

BS? Yep. First a disclaimer. I want migratory birds protected as well. Gives me that much more Pintail to shoot at. Yes I hunt. But back to the BS. I say with the following observations. I have visited many a microwave tower and cell tower in prior lives. Did I have to step over mounds of dead ducks? Nope. But I have swept a heck of a lot of Bird S**t off them. Point is my experience is most bird species use the freaking towers as roosting sites and are seldom killed by them.

I also note that part of the whole legal issue appears to be the color of the lights. Huh? That is immaterial. Anybody who has sat in a duck blind know that towards sundown most migratory species set down before dark. Another words most ducks could care less about the color of the lights since they are sitting in a marsh somewhere supping on duckweed and taking a nap.

Endpoint? This is a bunch of hooey cooked up by a bunch of busy bodies with more cash than cents.