If there were more videos of eagles, falcons, and hawks being struck by the blades and then these beautiful creatures in their death throes on the ground, then the future of these “wind farms” would be in jeopardy.
A private citizen can go to jail for even being in possession of an eagle feather.
thats a fantastic idea...lets pray about that
Firstly, I want to say that I am in no way an advocate for wind farms, I am though an advocate for facts.
I live right next to a wind farm under a primary flight tributary to the nearest of the three main flyways.
For the life of me, I cant figure out why it is that, supposedly in the rest of the world, birds of every type fly into giant noisy rotating blades. The only birds Ive ever seen dumb enough to fly anywhere near the blades are seagulls of which we have a ridiculous over abundance. The only birds I have ever found, or have heard of being found by locals, were seagulls and a blackbird of some type.
The bald eagles, sandhill cranes, Canadian geese, hawks, everything, even the pigeons, seem to have enough sense to stay away.
Maybe those on the farms here are noisier in some way? Maybe the 3 windmill farms here stand out in some other way to birds? I dont know.
There are plenty of reasons to hate windmill farms and want to see them torn down but, I cant jump on this particular bandwagon because from what Ive seen it just isn't true.
Its important to stick to the real reasons. Making this into an issue of animal protection to gain lib backing also empowers their "animal protection" efforts elsewhere in the future.
We don't have hundred mile flatland wind farms. Here a windfarm is 20 or so that stick out of the tops of the tallest hills, not 1000 square miles of sausage grinder.