windfarms and Barren Grounds

["Paul Coddington" <>]

> The US Fish and Wildlife Service
> (quoted in HBW Vol 10 Page 618) estimates 5 to 50 MILLION bird deaths
> a year by hitting buildings in the US. As we have maybe 1/15th of the
> US population I would expect the figures to be reduced by around that
> amount here - but that still makes 300,000 plus a year. If that is really 
> true -
I expect the number would be much less. Most North American birds are 
migratory,
and I believe most of the deaths from hitting buildings occur during 
migration.

Paul Coddington
Adelaide, South Australia