I suspect the number of birds killed by collisions with wind generators
is considerably less than the number of birds that are killed in
collisions with buildings, towers, bridges and other structures.
Regards, Laurie.
On Tuesday, January 24, 2006, at 08:08 PM, Eddie Chapman wrote:
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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