Not relevant, I know, but the biggest killer of bats here in Brisbane are
the power lines. Nearly always one or more poor electrocuted flying foxes
hanging from the wires somewhere around the district.
Syd
(Hawthorne, Brisbane)
> From: "John Murray Penhallurick" <>
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 22:49:49 +1000
> To: <>
> Cc:
> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Effects of Wind Turbines
>
> Hi friends,
>
> In an article in the New Scientist I recently received (12 May,2007,p.4), it
> was reported that although wind turbines did not seem to cause signficant
> problem for birds, it has been found in the US that the main vitims of such
> turbines are bats. The article speculated that possibly the high frequency
> noise from the turbine?s gears might disrupt the bats? echolocation system.
> I find this very worrying. Any thoughts?
>
>
>
> John Penhallurick
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