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The Myth That Wind Farms Are a Guillotine for Birds Is Being Debunked by Hard Data
(www.zmescience.com)
this post was submitted on 07 Mar 2026
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Reading the article. Wind turbines do kill birds, but it's worse in certain areas, at certain times of year, and even certain times of day.
We can plan around these known quantities.
Also, guy wires and power lines can kill birds. Not quite as often, but sometimes a bird will hit the wire rather than land on it.
But the main killer of birds by far is furry and has cute little claws.
And windows. Kills loads of birds.
Yet another reason to switch to Linux.