From: Martin on 01/17/2002 01:55 PM
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Subject: Wind energy and bird kills (Vic.)
Dear all,
Just a short question for the list.
This weeks 'Weekly Times' newspaper has a cover story on the claimed conflict in
rural seaside communities regarding the installation and running of new wind
energy generators along the Victorian coast.
In amongst the supporting stories is a claim from a landholder that '..one
falcon a week for three months' was being killed by the generators. I believe
the locality was south-western Victoria.
(I am aware there has been some concern for the new generators in western
Victoria, as some have been in the flyway of our endangered Orange-bellied
Parrot)
This sounds unusually large for kills of this bird group to me. Does anyone
have thoughts either way?
Martin O'Brien
Melbourne
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