Beakspeak: Fatal Attraction: Birds and Wind Turbines

Fatal Attraction: Birds and Wind Turbines

Posted by ardeidae on June 29, 2007

California’s largest wind farm cluster at Altamont Pass unintentionally kills golden eagles, burrowing owls and other threatened birds. Now, wind companies, scientists and environmentalists are working to bird-proof these massive wind farms.

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