7,500 songbirds killed while flying over Canadian gas plant
- 9 years ago
About 7,500 migrating songbirds were killed when they flew over a Canadian gas plant in Saint John, New Brunswick.
The birds were killed by apparently flying into a gas flare over Saint John's Canaport LNG gas plant between Friday night and Saturday morning.
"They would circle in around that and of course with a large flame like that and high temperatures, they wouldn't need to get terribly close to become singed or burned," Don McAlpine, the head of zoology at the New Brunswick Museum, told the CBC.
He also said that poor weather conditions, overcast and foggy, may have contributed to the incident.
Officials said that the birds were drawn to lights, particularly red or flashing lights.
The flare tower at the Canaport liquefied natural gas receiving and regasification terminal is about 30 meters tall and the size of the flame varies, depending on weather conditions. It is typically higher amid low-pressure systems, the CBC reported.
Flaring is part of operations at the gas plant and is designed as a safety release system.
"A crude estimate at this stage suggests about 7,500 birds died," McAlpine said. "There's certainly more than 5,000 and probably less than 10,000 birds affected."
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The birds were killed by apparently flying into a gas flare over Saint John's Canaport LNG gas plant between Friday night and Saturday morning.
"They would circle in around that and of course with a large flame like that and high temperatures, they wouldn't need to get terribly close to become singed or burned," Don McAlpine, the head of zoology at the New Brunswick Museum, told the CBC.
He also said that poor weather conditions, overcast and foggy, may have contributed to the incident.
Officials said that the birds were drawn to lights, particularly red or flashing lights.
The flare tower at the Canaport liquefied natural gas receiving and regasification terminal is about 30 meters tall and the size of the flame varies, depending on weather conditions. It is typically higher amid low-pressure systems, the CBC reported.
Flaring is part of operations at the gas plant and is designed as a safety release system.
"A crude estimate at this stage suggests about 7,500 birds died," McAlpine said. "There's certainly more than 5,000 and probably less than 10,000 birds affected."
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