For falcons and other predatory birds, the wires offer obstruction-free viewing of the prey below. Tree branches, meanwhile, pack sightlines with thick foliage. Some species also love to meet up ...

The electricity would pass through the bird on its way from the high-voltage line to the lower-voltage line or the ground. But as long as both of the bird's feet are on the same wire (or wires of ...

Anecdotes of blazes caused by birds pop up occasionally, and researchers are ... A bird can rest on one wire with no problem. But touching two wires simultaneously or touching one wire and a ...

That attracts birds. Birds like to eat insects, in particular woodpeckers and crows, so something like that could have sat on the jumper wire and pecked into that arrester cap trying to get to the ...