The Bellagio fountain is so huge, it¡¯s more like a small lake. So it might have room to take off. Likely blown inland by all those huge storms dumping all that rain and snow on California. But what a place to pick especially with 640 square km Lake Mead right nearby! It had to pick the busiest, noisiest, most neon-lit shallow place with no fish. I can¡¯t imagine it was anything but exhaustion or desperation. Hopefully it will get out of there or be rescued.
My sister said it must have a gambling addiction. :D :D
DB
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On Mar 4, 2024, at 18:49, Derek Matthews <Derek@...> wrote:
Thanks for posting Dan - two bizarre stories indeed! The first is sad but
the policy makers will still do nothing about mandating bird-friendly glass
in buildings and the second is truly bizarre - Hopefully, it will get
rescued because I can't think the Bellagio fountain has a long enough runway
for a loon to take off!
On another note, maybe Vegas will become a new birding hotspot, but only
virtually of course!:o)
Derek (VARC)
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Bastaja
Sent: March 4, 2024 7:45 AM
To: Vanbirds <[email protected]>
Subject: [vanbcbirds] Bird collisions
Just last week we were talking about bird collisions with buildings and now
that very thing has claimed a celebrity. Flacco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl that
escaped from a zoo and has been living free in lower Manhattan for the past
9 or 10 months collided with a building and died. It was a local celebrity
with multiple posts on social media every day about its doings. Too bad.
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e%20report%20said.
In other strange news, if anybody is heading to Vegas in the next day or so,
you may want to check the fountain in front of the Bellagio. A Yellow-billed
Loon was swimming around in there yesterday! Bizarre!
Daniel Bastaja
danielbastaja@...
