I have never seen statistics as far as problems with birds and wind turbines
but for some reason it seems birds would have a more difficult time
navigating through the maze of skyscrapers in say downtown Cleveland. It's
interesting that as hideous as cell phone towers are I actually think these
have benefited birds. Granted there are no moving parts but I have seen two
successful nesting Ospreys on these monstrosities. Last spring at my work I
witnessed an Osprey attempting to build a nest on a tower until two Eagles
chased it off only never to return. They also make excellent perches for
Raptors. I too have seen the wind farms in Northern California as I passed
them back in the early 80's. They have had them for 30 years? hmmmmmmm.
Birds seem to have an uncanny way of adapting and maybe the turbines will
present only a slight change of direction to the east or west coming off the
lake.

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