http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-3371 Uncle B Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:05:28 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-3371 Pick a windmill site proven to harm birds(collect bird-corpses, document times, send photos to web) and start a volunteer bird-lovers group to install screeching hawk sounds or other deterrents to cause birds to avoid the areas! The other alternative, tear down windmills, and build nuclear reactors in their place: one engineering error from Armageddon, and NIMBY Please! - Your move. Pick a windmill site proven to harm birds(collect bird-corpses, document times, send photos to web) and start a volunteer bird-lovers group to install screeching hawk sounds or other deterrents to cause birds to avoid the areas! The other alternative, tear down windmills, and build nuclear reactors in their place: one engineering error from Armageddon, and NIMBY Please! – Your move.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-20054 Uncle B Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:05:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-20054 Pick a windmill site proven to harm birds(collect bird-corpses, document times, send photos to web) and start a volunteer bird-lovers group to install screeching hawk sounds or other deterrents to cause birds to avoid the areas! The other alternative, tear down windmills, and build nuclear reactors in their place: one engineering error from Armageddon, and NIMBY Please! - Your move. Pick a windmill site proven to harm birds(collect bird-corpses, document times, send photos to web) and start a volunteer bird-lovers group to install screeching hawk sounds or other deterrents to cause birds to avoid the areas! The other alternative, tear down windmills, and build nuclear reactors in their place: one engineering error from Armageddon, and NIMBY Please! – Your move.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-3370 Brian Sutton Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:08:43 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-3370 It is well documented that windfarms in the wrong place can have a devastating impact on migrant soaring birds of prey, storks etc ie those birds that actually use the air space occupied by the turbine rotors. The birds studied in the quoted paper are small and have different airspace requirements and are therefore unlikely to be affected in the same way as these perhaps more iconic species. It is well documented that windfarms in the wrong place can have a devastating impact on migrant soaring birds of prey, storks etc ie those birds that actually use the air space occupied by the turbine rotors. The birds studied in the quoted paper are small and have different airspace requirements and are therefore unlikely to be affected in the same way as these perhaps more iconic species.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-20053 Brian Sutton Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:08:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-20053 It is well documented that windfarms in the wrong place can have a devastating impact on migrant soaring birds of prey, storks etc ie those birds that actually use the air space occupied by the turbine rotors. The birds studied in the quoted paper are small and have different airspace requirements and are therefore unlikely to be affected in the same way as these perhaps more iconic species. It is well documented that windfarms in the wrong place can have a devastating impact on migrant soaring birds of prey, storks etc ie those birds that actually use the air space occupied by the turbine rotors. The birds studied in the quoted paper are small and have different airspace requirements and are therefore unlikely to be affected in the same way as these perhaps more iconic species.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-3369 Matt Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:37:40 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-3369 just north of where i live, there is a wind farm that a lot of people said was going to hurt the birds; however, the birds just stayed away. The real problem is that bats are attracted to the sound waves the windmills produce and as soon as they get near, the pressure difference causes them to bleed internally and drop out of the sky dead. just north of where i live, there is a wind farm that a lot of people said was going to hurt the birds; however, the birds just stayed away. The real problem is that bats are attracted to the sound waves the windmills produce and as soon as they get near, the pressure difference causes them to bleed internally and drop out of the sky dead.

]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-20052 Matt Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:37:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/2008/10/01/wind-farms-not-bane-of-birds-existence/#comment-20052 just north of where i live, there is a wind farm that a lot of people said was going to hurt the birds; however, the birds just stayed away. The real problem is that bats are attracted to the sound waves the windmills produce and as soon as they get near, the pressure difference causes them to bleed internally and drop out of the sky dead. just north of where i live, there is a wind farm that a lot of people said was going to hurt the birds; however, the birds just stayed away. The real problem is that bats are attracted to the sound waves the windmills produce and as soon as they get near, the pressure difference causes them to bleed internally and drop out of the sky dead.

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