According to a Guardian.co.uk post, Wind farms in US kill about 7000 birds a year. Estimates from a single wind farm in Altamont, California showed as many
as 1,300 birds of prey killed each year – or about three a day. A handful of wind power projects in the US have been shelved because of wildlife concerns. But with new bird radar technology now in use at the Peñascal wind farm is protecting migrating birds at times of peak danger.
Read full article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/01/wind-farm-bird-radar
Read full article at http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/may/01/wind-farm-bird-radar
