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Eric Allen Conner
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Better Blocks New Jersey | Father to one eggshell plaintiff and one tortfeasor | M&A Lawyer Interested mostly in posting about Jersey City, transit-oriented development, urban fiscal policy, and Star Trek.
![This leads to a funny contradiction. Ms. Freeney complains about the city’s artificial lights drawing in migratory birds. She is right. Most migratory bird species travel at night, navigating by the stars, but they are lured off course by the lights of cities and suburbs [American Scientist]. Unfortunately, fritted glass and UV glass are not effective at reducing nighttime and twilight bird strikes for several reasons. Neither fritted nor UV glass block the emission of artificial lights from urban apartments, homes, and offices [U.S. Fish and Wildlife]. Fritted glass is difficult for birds to see in low-light conditions and UV glass relies on ambient ultraviolet radiation to make the patterns visible to birds [ABC Birds]. In other words, at the time of day when most birds migrate, the two most commonly used materials in new construction won’t work yet activists are actively campaigning against low-cost blinds and curtains that do.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wjidur5ivlgd3j4kdpqlq6nc/bafkreib7ovlj442hgq6cu74jwgfh3vahwbnxlo5poe47rk3wofgle5t4ii)
