Hello all,
Evan, Yes, wind turbines do kill birds.
You wrote:
It seems silly to me, most birds are pretty intelligent, easily smart enough
to avoid a large stationary object,
The birds do not hit the wind turbine, the birds are hit by the moving
blades when flying past. At Norway's largest wind park 11 White-tailed Eagle
have so far meet their fate, and that is only birds that have been found.
There is a lot of controversy surrounding the actual numbers of birds that
are killed each year by wind turbines. However there is an e-mail group on
Yahoo. If you join, then you can take a look at what has been said in the
e-mail archives. The address is as follows:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wind_turbines_birds/?yguid=1711655
All the best,
Eddie Chapman, Voss. Norway.
http://www.birdwatching-in-norway.com
Photo Album: Geese landing at dawn.
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