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joshcryer

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29. I think for birders it's more than just "taking a wrong turn."

Reply to kristopher (Reply #23)

Mon Jul 1, 2013, 08:53 PM

Jul 2013

When a sighting like that happens it could be indicative of a migration pattern change, for instance.

But I appreciate your snide reaction to birders genuinely dismayed at the incident when by and large they are supportive of wind turbines (the Audubon Society in particular). It's just that those pesky birders and bird lovers like silly siting guidelines and such.

If you ask a birder their most hated threat to birds are feral or outdoor cats which cause the largest decimation of bird deaths by far (followed by ... windows).

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Birdwatchers see rare swift killed by wind turbine [View all] PoliticAverse Jun 2013 OP

Quick...tear those blasted things down pipoman Jun 2013 #1

That's life! The Torygraph gave it a good obituary, though. MADem Jun 2013 #2

Why was this a rare sighting? kristopher Jun 2013 #3

Birders make very specific notes of bird habitation and migration zones. joshcryer Jul 2013 #22

That was a rhetorical question. kristopher Jul 2013 #23

I think for birders it's more than just "taking a wrong turn." joshcryer Jul 2013 #29

I propose an international fund to buy the little buggers helmets! Vinnie From Indy Jun 2013 #4

If it was being watched by 40 ornithologists at the time, probably. GliderGuider Jun 2013 #6

No power source is benign dbackjon Jun 2013 #5

+1 Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #11

The world's fastest flying bird?? Um, no. wtmusic Jun 2013 #7

Notice that falcon is diving? OKIsItJustMe Jun 2013 #8

Ah, ok. Thanks for clarification. wtmusic Jun 2013 #9

The fastest-flying bird in flapping flight... DreamGypsy Jul 2013 #28

The white-throated needle tail is "of least concern" re: threatened/endangered species. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #10

How so? XemaSab Jun 2013 #12

Put another way, this death of this bird had precisely zero environmental impact caraher Jun 2013 #14

The bird is rare in the UK dbackjon Jun 2013 #13

I agree that steps should be taken with wind energy technologies to minimize danger... DreamGypsy Jul 2013 #30

"Wind power turbine kills endangered species of birds" caraher Jun 2013 #15

I'll assume the turbine is an older discontinued model with faster moving blades. FogerRox Jun 2013 #16

I think it was a small one caraher Jun 2013 #17

This purports to be a picture of the turbine in question XemaSab Jun 2013 #18

Too bad there's nothing I can see in the picture to give a sense of scale caraher Jul 2013 #19

The wind speed indicator on top suggest it is a small wind turbine madokie Jul 2013 #20

Yeah, that weather station on top can't be more than 2' across. joshcryer Jul 2013 #21

The one on my neighbors was less than that madokie Jul 2013 #24

Right....No CPU, no direct drive, a gear box. FogerRox Jul 2013 #25

Here's a picture of a bird flying free in a city not plagued by nasty wind power. Arugula Latte Jul 2013 #26

That's why there's no birds in Holland thelordofhell Jul 2013 #27