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Originally Posted by Retriever
Actually, the biggest killers of birds are cats. While feral cats are the worst offenders, even house cats that are allowed to go outside will kill birds, simply because that is their natural predatory instinct.
The generally accepted estimate of the number of birds killed annually by cats in The US is 1.3 billion to 4 billion. Second on the list of bird deaths is building/window collisions. Wind turbines are so far down on the list that they are truly insignificant when compared to cats.
The leading causes of US bird deaths are estimated as follows:
1--Cats--1.3 billion-4 billion
2--Building/window collisions-- 599 million
3--Automobiles--200 million
4--Electrical power line collisions--25 million
5--Communication towers--6.6 million
6--Electrical power line electrocutions--5.6 million
7--Agricultural chemicals--exact number unknown for US, but Canada estimates 2.7 million
8--Wind turbines--234,000
https://www.catster.com/statistics/h...ll-statistics/
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/f...%20automobiles
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It's common sense that if you knowingly build thousands of gigantic spinning wind turbines in a seasonal migratory bird corridor, more birds will die. The government won't say how many because they don't know. In the
UK birds have decreased up to 90% in OSW areas.
Here is a quote from the Atlantic Shores Draft Environmental Statement:
"Migratory birds that use the offshore wind area would be exposed to new collusion risk, or experience long term functional habitat loss".
The EIS's read like a legal disclaimer stating the damage that these projects will do.
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