The 2D KUD showed a substantial overlap of the birds' flight paths with the wind turbines in the study area, whereas the 3D kernel estimate did not show such overlap. Our aim was to develop a new approach using 3D kernel estimation to understand the space use of soaring birds; these are...
IÂt all starts with California, raptors and the thousands of old turbines that make up the Altamont Pass wind farm. ÂIn this article, we'll find out where the statistics went wrong, how thousands of birds do end up flying into wind turbines each year and what's being done ...
Peril of Power Lines and Wind Turbines Power lines and wind turbines, while essential components of modern infrastructure, are deadly obstacles for birds. Collisions with these structures arecommon and contribute to substantial migratory birdmortality every year. The Role of Pesticides and Pollution Pest...
Wind Turbines and Birds: A Background Review for Environmental Assessment: Bird Studies Canada, for Environment Canada / Canadian Wildlife Service.Kingsley, A., Whittam, B., 2005. Wind Turbines and Birds: A Background Review for Environmental Assessment. Draft May 12 2005. Canadian Wildlife ...
Wind farmsRecent growth of investments in wind energy and power industries has increased concerns about the associated adverse impacts on wildlife. In particular, flying vertebrates are especially at risk, both directly, through an extra mortality rate due to collision with turbines and electrocution, ...
wind energyWind energy is a clean, renewable alternative to fossil fuel-derived energy sources, but many birds are at risk from collisions with wind turbines. We summarise the diversity of birds killed by turbine collisions at 20 wind energy facilities (WEFs) across southwest South Africa. ...
& Vang, R. 2010 . The Effect of Wind Turbines on Birds at the Smøla Wind Power Plant, Norway: Collisions, Displacement, and Avoidance . Poster presented at the conference Renewable energy 2010, Yokohama, Japan, 27 June–2 July 2010. Trondheim: Norsk Institutt for...
Throughout their evolution marine birds (birds which exploit the resources of the sea) have not had to contend with the collision risk posed by discrete objects that extend into their flight space above the water surface. However, the recent introduction of Offshore Wind Turbines has significantly...
(a.k.a. Zen Wind Curtains) "Forget about the fact that they save birds. They just look cool." Why do birds sometimes fly into glass? "Hummingbirds were always flying into a big picture window at our mountain house. Since installing the BirdSavers we haven’t had any fly into the wi...
Birders get nervous when they see landscapes covered in wind turbines. When the wind gets going, their blades can spin at well over 200km per hour. It is easy to imagine careless birds getting chopped to bits. Campaigners often point to the possibility when opposing the building of new wind...