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NEW ORLEANS - Environmentalists are suing the Federal Communications Commission to force it to protect the millions of migratory birds killed each year when they slam into communications towers. The lawsuit targets towers that rise above 200 feet on land near the Gulf of Mexico, where many birds stop during spring and fall migrations. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service estimates that 5 million to 50 million birds die from flying into towers every year. They include some of the most endangered migratory songbirds, such as the black rail, Bell's vireo, the golden-winged warbler and Henslow's sparrow. The towers are used to keep cell phones, televisions, pagers and radios humming. The American Bird Conservancy, Friends of the Earth and the Forest Conservation Council want the FCC to review the danger to birds before the towers go up, and want existing towers to use devices to keep the birds away, including high-pitched infra-sound and colored lights...
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