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Unread 03-22-2012, 02:38 PM   #5
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Wind turbines may kill 33,000 birds per year, and, as in the case of electrocutions, these birds tend to be large and scarce (e.g. raptors).
See HERE for info about causes of bird deaths. Of interest, we hunters do kill a lot but it is said to be more than offset by our conservation efforts and by the managed manner in which birds are harvested. That actually helps the populations. I wonder who wrote that. Must have slipped by the editors.

And, as we know, loss of habitat is the number one problem.
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