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[blackhawks]

And then there's the puddy tats.

Causes of Bird Mortality


A chart showing estimated numbers of birds killed annually by each of several different causes. Data from various sources.

Domestic and Feral Cats – may kill 500 million birds per year or more. More information can be found at The American Bird Conservancy. Predators, of course, account for the vast majority of bird deaths each year, and most of this predation is natural.

Domestic cats are not natural predators, but kill many birds. It is worth noting that house cats have been blamed for the extinction of two species of small mammals in the southeastern United States, and feral cats continue to be a huge problem where they have been introduced on many oceanic islands.

https://www.sibleyguides.com/conservation/causes-of-bird-mortality/#:~:text=Collisions,more%20of%20the%20cases%2C%20death

[birdguy]

First I am not spreading alarmist oil industry propaganda, as you word it.. I have never said anything of the kind. I pointed that studies being done before the fields are built have been helpful in placing the fields where they do the least harm. And I have a friend who is doing those studies for the wind energy people.

At this point large buildings that are in migration corridors are a much more serious problem, at least in some cities. My home base Minneapolis has minimal problems, partially to lights out programs during migration times.

I have been involved in some of those energy studies and the problem is not from the spinning blades themselves but from the turbulence created behind the blades.. The energy folks have been very good about placing the fields in non migration corridors for the most part. Early turbine fields did not look at these things as they do today.

An apology for your quick unwarranted attack would be appreciated.