


These are the infernal train yard lights my neighbors complain about. About three blocks away from the vast subway yard, they require blackout curtains to stop the glow. (We face a different direction, thankfully.) This light tower with a male American Kestrel atop it was on a distant part of the yard. Along with the very high fence, such lights are part of the elaborate and costly security to keep the subway graffiti-free.

Elsewhere, near one of the nests I know about.
And, of course, they are “essential” lights and can’t be shut down during migration…….