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Solar-power that kills birds

To: John Leonard <>
Subject: Solar-power that kills birds
From: Eric Jeffrey via Birding-Aus <>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 20:26:41 -0500
There definitely have been some deaths from solar farms, including rate Yuma 
Clapper Rails. The good news is that this seems to be a matter that may be 
fixed by design changes. Neither wind turbines nor solar farms are major 
contributors to avian deaths in the States. The big ones remain habitat loss, 
cats, and collisions with structures. 

Eric Jeffrey 
Falls Church, VA
USA

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> On Mar 3, 2015, at 8:13 PM, John Leonard <> wrote:
> 
> The daily mail isn't a reliable source of information about anything.
> 
> John Leonard
> 
>> On 4 Mar 2015, at 12:08 pm, Michael Tarburton <> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> G'day Readers
>> 
>> Cats, and wind turbines are not the only thinks killing birds.  This article 
>> is from the USA, but it might pay us to be aware of the problem.
>> 
>> This is just one of the links to newspapers dealing with the issue, but it 
>> is less encumbered with forced advertising than the one my wife sent me.
>> 
>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2965070/Solar-farm-sets-130-birds-FIRE-Extreme-glow-power-plant-ignites-creatures-mid-air-tests.html
>> 
>> One article says Obama is ignoring the issues on this one, another says 
>> Google is part owner & that might explain why some of my searches goofed up!
>> 
>> Sad reading
>> 
>> 
>> Mike
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