Bird Carcass Count proves AGL’s Macarthur Wind Farm is an Avian Slaughterhouse

**** Wind farm turbines take toll on birds of prey The Australian Graham Lloyd 22 September 2014 EAGLES, falcons and other raptors make up to a third of the estimated 1500 birds killed each year at Australia’s biggest wind farm. The finding of an independent report for Macarthur Wind Farm operator AGL follows 12 monthly … Continue reading Bird Carcass Count proves AGL’s Macarthur Wind Farm is an Avian Slaughterhouse

Wind Farms: Where Eagles Dare

**** Driven to extinction, reintroduced ... now wind farms threaten sea eagles Herald Scotland Rob Edwards 25 May 2014 A senior member of bird charity RSPB Scotland has called for more careful consideration of wind farm planning after it emerged a wind turbine was officially blamed for killing a rare sea eagle. The Sunday Herald … Continue reading Wind Farms: Where Eagles Dare

Turbine “interaction” ends badly for “inexperienced” Eagle

Brett Lane copped a serve back in January in our post “The ‘tainted’ work of Brett Lane and Associates”. One of Brett’s theories is that birds will learn how to negotiate 50m turbine blades with their tips thundering along at 350 km/h. Apparently they send the best of the best to a place called Miramar … Continue reading Turbine “interaction” ends badly for “inexperienced” Eagle