[quote=gotovkotzepkoi;854465]Hmmm....accused of being a "liberal drone"!! Now that hurts - NOT. Anyway, the figures about bird deaths from wind turbines appear to be highly inflated. Here is one of many sources:


While I do not doubt the veracity of the stats in this article, they are a red herring to the discussion. For example, there are 3-5 bird deaths per year on my back deck as birds try to fly from one side of our extened dining nook to the other (opposing three panel glass doors. Birds hit by my routine driving? 0-2 per year. Number of raptor deaths in my experiences? ZERO. Where is the concern for the fewer numbers of Birds of Prey, and the stats involving just them in this discussion, not the whole bird population?.

The main point of the bird deaths from the turbines IS about the number of Raptor deaths caused. And I seriously doubt those caused by cats and building/car collision are as significant (in the same areas) as wind turbines. Obviously wind turbines are not all over the place yet for comparison during the gathering of the facts in this article. The article doesn't break down Raptor VS "plain old bird" stats either. But in areas where ridge soaring occurs, Raptors do ride these same currents. They are still killed routinely by the newer wind turbines. And one could easily argue this is done in complete non-compliance with the law with no redress available...