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Rare bird last seen in Britain 22 years ago reappears - only to be killed by wind turbine
Daily Mail ^ | 27 June 2013 | WILL ROBINSON

Posted on 06/28/2013 12:29:09 PM PDT by Sopater

There had been only eight recorded sightings of the white-throated needletail in the UK since 1846. So when one popped up again on British shores this week, twitchers were understandably excited.

A group of 40 enthusiasts dashed to the Hebrides to catch a glimpse of the brown, black and blue bird, which breeds in Asia and winters in Australasia.

But instead of being treated to a wildlife spectacle they were left with a horror show when it flew into a wind turbine and was killed.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: agw; agwfraud; energy; envirofascism; environmentalism; globalwarming; globalwarminghox; green; greenenergy; greenfraud; thegreenlie; windenergy; windmills; windpower; windturbines
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Full Title: Rare bird last seen in Britain 22 years ago reappears - only to be killed by wind turbine in front of a horrified crowd of birdwatchers

It is a darn shame.


1 posted on 06/28/2013 12:29:09 PM PDT by Sopater
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To: Sopater

If the bird died in an oil slick....we would never hear the end of it.


2 posted on 06/28/2013 12:30:04 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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To: Sopater

Roasted, with a fine wine and Fava beans.


3 posted on 06/28/2013 12:32:15 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Sopater

Right out of The Simpsons..


4 posted on 06/28/2013 12:33:43 PM PDT by bkepley
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

I’ll burn a tire in its honor tonight.


5 posted on 06/28/2013 12:34:21 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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To: Sopater

Maybe this is why they’re so rare.


6 posted on 06/28/2013 12:35:09 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: Sopater

That was fast, extinct, endangered, extinct.


7 posted on 06/28/2013 12:35:22 PM PDT by twistedwrench
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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
If the bird died in an oil slick....we would never hear the end of it.

It was Bush's fault.

Wait. No. It was global warming.

Ummm... well, birds don't really matter as long as we're trying to use renewable energy instead of burning coal. We need a war on coal!

8 posted on 06/28/2013 12:36:43 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: Sopater

freepers know that these windmills in America are bird Cuisinarts, killing bald eagles and other Federale protected species without any prosecution


9 posted on 06/28/2013 12:36:57 PM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: Sopater
to make up for it heres a picture of a pair of great tits

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10 posted on 06/28/2013 12:37:30 PM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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To: bkepley

lol


11 posted on 06/28/2013 12:37:39 PM PDT by Sopater (Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? - Matthew 20:15a)
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To: dennisw
Wind Energy Bird Killing Exemptions - Canada Free Press www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50568‎ Oct 25, 2012 – Altamont Pass, avian cuisinarts, Owls, Eagles, Hawks, Kestrels ... wind power operators to kill bald eagles and other protected bird species. (1).

Feds looking to expand permits for the killing of bald eagles…by ... hotair.com/.../feds-looking-to-expand-permits-for-the-killing-of-bald-ea...‎ May 10, 2012 – The wholesale killing of Bald Eagles seems unpatriotic to me. .... so these cuisinarts for birds (and bats), all 4000 of them, would have a place to ...

12 posted on 06/28/2013 12:38:54 PM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: Sopater

It’s all right. The bird was just emitting CO2 anyway. Not now!


13 posted on 06/28/2013 12:38:57 PM PDT by Rio (51)
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To: Sopater

14 posted on 06/28/2013 12:39:07 PM PDT by Spruce
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To: Mr. K

How about the yellow bellied sap sucker?


15 posted on 06/28/2013 12:39:46 PM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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To: twistedwrench

Apparently not rare as much as extremely lost.

Fly thousands of miles in the wrong direction only to get hit by a wind turbine.

16 posted on 06/28/2013 12:40:57 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (This message has been recorded but not approved by Obama's StasiNet. Read it at your peril.)
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To: Sopater

On the alter of Gore.


17 posted on 06/28/2013 12:41:07 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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To: dennisw

Or the blue-footed boobies.


18 posted on 06/28/2013 12:42:41 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
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To: Tired of Taxes
Maybe this is why they’re so rare.

Oh, man! Me & my office buddies are LOFAO on that comment.

19 posted on 06/28/2013 12:45:00 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Spruce

I always wondered how that pitch was scored.


20 posted on 06/28/2013 12:45:06 PM PDT by ops33 (Senior Master Sergeant, USAF (Retired))
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