Are Wind Turbines a Significant Threat to Birds?

There are many threats to birds … and they are all significant. Birds face a host of threats – habitat loss, predation by outdoor cats, collisions with windows, pesticide poisoning … the list goes on. Cumulatively, the losses are huge: A recent study by American Bird Conservancy and others showed that there are 2.9 billion fewer birds in the U.S. and Canada than in 1970 – a nearly 30-percent decline of the total population. Then there’s climate change. Another recent study evaluated . . .


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