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Re: Bird Processors (was Re: Rolling Blackouts)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Mon, 29 Nov 2004 11:57:45 GMT
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My understanding is that wind turbines do not pose a problem to “local” birds.
However, migrating birds can fall ‘fowl’ (pun intended) of them when visibility
is low.
Scott A
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > > I gotta say, I don't get this one. A few odd birds get killed. Can't say I
> > > like it, but at the same time, how many get killed by the pollution of a
> > > coal-burning power plant? Seems counter-productive to me. I don't know a
> > > tree-hugger that would agree with that stand.
>
> > I'd like to see the data on this in any case. Birds have done just fine
> > sitting on high-tension wires, so I expect they could adapt fairly quickly
> > to windmills.
> > From a more technical POV, I've read studies that many (I'm not sure
> > which, though) birds' optic centers operate at a quicker rate than our own,
> > so they are better able to see fast moving objects. That's how they can
> > catch bugs in flight. I would think that any windmill blade that a human
> > can see at all would be plainly visible to a bird. Like I said, though; I
> > haven't read the data.
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> Well, Dave, I don't exactly have the data, but here's an encouraging report, if
> true:
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> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=570&ncid=753&e=5&u=/nm/20041125/sc_nm/environment_wind_dc
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> Dave!
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