The Myth About Bird Flight Diverter

Power Transmission lines always pose a big threat to avian species. Highly revolutionary steps are taken to evade the source around the globe. This is how line marking devices came into the picture where the launching of most modern bird diverters are introduced.

Before we start elaborating on the said concern, we should understand the simple explanation about the word bird diverter. A device that helps in diverting birds/ avian species are known as bird diverter.

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Whenever you were travelling near to mountains, big lawns, green fields or at a river crossing you must have often noticed or observed different kinds(shape /colors) of attachments hanging from power transmission lines like orange, white, yellow etc and wondered what they’re used for?

Ans:-These are actually nothing else but bird flight diverters.

The basic idea of launching bird diverter is to increase the avians visibility during migration from one place to another for feeding, roosting, hunting as well as saving themselves from predators. Bird diverters are highly prominent /safety devices which are installed on power transmission lines, ropeways as well as avians flying paths.

Avian species are unable to identify power lines obstacles coming in between or crossing their flying paths because of their poor frontal vision, because the conductors and sky horizon become almost invisible so do the power transmission wire and accordingly bird diverter works as an important rescuer.

Around the globe the most famous and approved bird diverters are as follows:-

• Bird Flight Diverter

• Flappers

• Avian Spheres

• Led Bird Flight Diverter

• Spirals

Few out of these like led bird flight diverter contain powerlines marking lights or strobe lights specifically to increase avians visibility during bad weather conditions, dark etc.

Around the globe top, most researchers well endorsed these bird flight diverters as the most proven devices when it comes to avian species collisions with power transmission lines. Over the years wild life-saving federations and associations have also identified many areas that are very hard to identify as a major cause of mortality due to collisions.

Next time you’re driving near a bird flight diverter, remember that they are highly important and used for the safety of birds, aircraft as well as for protecting power lines infrastructures + preventing a power outage.