Posted on 06/30/2013 3:13:21 PM PDT by Twotone
There hasn’t been a sighting of a White-throated Needletail in the United Kingdom for 22 years, so nearly 80 birdwatchers flocked to Scotland this week to get a look, the Telegraph reported. But instead of enjoying the world’s fastest flying bird soaring, they watched it fly into the small blade of a wind turbine and die.
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Score one for the Colonel?
Cuisine is not the word to describe British meals. Try bland.
How can everything on the plate taste the same, like nothing at all.
I hadn’t watched those guys for decades. I forgot how odd they were.
The hilarious Discovery commercial spoofing that event with Snuffy the seal
Could we corner the ‘birder’ vote to tear these things down?
Agenda 21 strikes again.
Hehehehe...post of the thread! Good job, made me snort!
Fret not, according to Darwinian theory, the surviving birds will prove to be stronger, smarter and will not fly into wind turbines. At some time in the future we will be waist deep in bird poop because all the birds have learned to outsmart nature and their enemies both natural and artificial.
That was NOT nature.
If I recall, they spent many thousands rehabilitating that otter then watched as it had only seconds to live after being released.
So, who is pleased with this outcome.....PETA, GREENS, GOREBULL WARMING FOLKS?
It really is kinda sad, but then again...that’s life.
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