I’ve been kicking around the idea of a installing a wind mill for electricity and came across this article having to do with birds being killed by them.
Note: If you are a bird lover or squeamish, my advice, go to the next blog.
130 million to 174 million deaths from collision and electrocution at power transmission lines.
60 million to 80 million deaths from autos and trucks.
46 thousand to 92 thousand due to the Exxon Valdez spill.
100 million to 1 billion running into tall buildings and house windows.
40 million to 50 million colliding with communication towers and guy wires.
A record 30 thousand killed in one day at a tower in Eau Claire, WI.
67 million killed from pesticide poisonings.
39 million killed by feral cats in Wisconsin. In one year!
92 per year! At one of the largest wind generating facilities in the country.
Total bird deaths by humans in a single day…. 1 million to 4 million.
This is the link to the site.
http://www.awea.org/smallwind/sagrillo/swbirds.html
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