The Department of Transportation will not be removing the House Sparrow nest from a crosswalk signal in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It was determined that the sparrows were not negatively effecting the function of the signal.
The Department of Transportation will not be removing the House Sparrow nest from a crosswalk signal in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It was determined that the sparrows were not negatively effecting the function of the signal.
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I’m glad this is the outcome; this was a big “are you kidding me?” when the DOT initially stated they’d remove them (they had the caveat “if they’re interfering with the signal,” or whatever, but I questioned whether they’d consider that appropriately). The pic in the Post was great…