House nesting sites for endangered birds on top of high voltage pylons. The birds will be perfectly safe and happy. Metal ladders could be left lying nearby to entice prospective egg hunters.-- xenzag, Aug 25 2006 Avian Collision and Electrocution http://www.energy.c...n_bibliography.html [ldischler, Aug 25 2006] 265,000 volt nesting box http://web.mac.com/...0nesting%20box.htmlillustration of (with accidentally reduced voltage) [xenzag, Aug 25 2006] Polish Pylons http://news.bbc.co....ci/tech/3064985.stmProof that birds love to nest in pylons [xenzag, Sep 29 2006, last modified Jan 11 2008] Birds nest on high tension towers as it is, so the idea consists of putting up a bird house?-- ldischler, Aug 25 2006 yep - but only for birds - you won't like it up there, unless you fancy becoming an allotrope of carbon-- xenzag, Aug 25 2006 Is there something significant about 765,000 volts as opposed to any other large number?-- DrBob, Aug 25 2006 Nope - any massive voltage will do, but must be into 6 figures.-- xenzag, Aug 25 2006 Ah, I see. But isn't it the amps that kill you, not the voltage?-- DrBob, Aug 25 2006 You could be right, but I never argue with high tension cables.-- xenzag, Aug 25 2006 I don't really want to churn this up, but it always annoyed me that it got boned for being a bad idea, when I care a lot for the welfare of all animals. So here is some evidence that birds do in fact love to nest in pylons - see link-- xenzag, Aug 25 2006 halfbakery