turbines are the least of bird's problems

Found this article that hopefully puts an end to the bird-wind turbine war.  So if you really care about birds then stop destroying their habitat, stop driving, turn the lights off unless you have a wind turbine,  live in a cave,  don't use cell phones or watch tv, no chemical yard sprays,  keep your cat inside, and destroy all smoke stacks.  They all kill more birds then wind turbines.

http://www.awea.org/faq/sagrillo/swbirds.html

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By far, the largest causes of mortality among birds include loss of habitat due to human infringement, environmental despoliation, and collisions with man-made objects. Since wind turbines fall into the last category, it is worthwhile to examine other human causes of avian deaths and compare these to mortality from wind turbines.

Death by….

Utility transmission and distribution lines: 130 to 174 million bird deaths a year in the U.S.

Collisions with automobiles and trucks result in the deaths of between 60 and 80 million birds annually in the U.S

Tall building and residential house windows:the best estimates put the toll due collisions with these structures at between 100 million and a staggering 1 billion deaths annually

Lighted communication towers : Current mortality estimates due to telecommunication towers are 40 to 50 million birds per year.

Agricultural pesticides are "conservatively estimated" to directly kill 67 million birds per year

Cats, both feral and housecats: The most reasonable estimates indicate that 39 million birds are killed in the state each year

engines, smoke stacks, bridges, and any number of other human structures and activities are responsible for one to four million bird deaths per day!

tCommercial wind turbines:  The total annual mortality was estimated at approximately 6,400 bird fatalities per year for all species combined