-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Wind farm/bird collision solution in Texas Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 12:03:22 -0400 From: Bill Evans <wrev...@clarityconnect.com> Reply-To: Bill Evans <wrev...@clarityconnect.com> To: <cayugabird...@cornell.edu>, "John and Sue Gregoire" <k...@empacc.net> References: <94bb6c29a37af99a473a507dd800a8cc.squir...@www.empireaccess.net>
This radar scam appears to be in full service as a PR campaign well before any critical peer-review of its effectiveness. Bird migration in the coastal bend of Texas is going on 24/7 for 9 months a year. It is true that a radar system can detect flying animals and wind turbines might therefore be shutdown on nights with some predetermined density of migration. But the combination of the protracted breadth of migration in the Texas coastal bend and the massive quantity of birds traversing this region (possibly the densest annual bird migration rate in all of the Americas) is not likely to make such radar measures effective for anything other than PR. It simply doesn't make sense economically or environmentally to build large commercial wind farms in locations where dense migrations would necessitate them to be shut off for significant periods. This was a hideous location for a wind project from the bird impact standpoint, a terrible precedent for the wind industry, and a testament to the ineffiveness of our Government (Fish & Wildlife Service) and our nature and conservation orgs (e.g. Audubon, Sierra Club, NWF etc) for implementing bird-safe siting of industrial wind projects in this region of the US (texas). These are our birds that are and will be killed by this project for decades to come -- perhaps a lawsuit against the state of texas is in order. Bill Evans ----- Original Message ----- From: "John and Sue Gregoire" <k...@empacc.net> To: <cayugabird...@cornell.edu>; <khamolists...@yahoogroups.com> Cc: <birdb...@listserv.arizona.edu>; <cvbi...@yahoogroups.com>; <ryoun...@stny.rr.com> Sent: Sunday, May 03, 2009 8:45 AM Subject: Wind farm/bird collision solution in Texas > We may finally have a solution to wind farm bird collisions. The radar > based system > being employed in Texas appears to be effective. It would be a logical > requirement > for all commercial wind installations. See this link: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2009/apr/30/texas-wind-farm-migrating-birds > John > -- > John and Sue Gregoire > Field Ornithologists > Kestrel Haven Avian Migration Observatory > 5373 Fitzgerald Road > Burdett,NY 14818-9626 > Website: http://www.empacc.net/~kestrelhaven/ > "Conserve and Create Habitat" > > > > > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES -- -- ============================================= Christopher T. Tessaglia-Hymes TARU Product Line Manager and Field Applications Engineer Bioacoustics Research Program, Cornell Lab of Ornithology 159 Sapsucker Woods Road, Ithaca, New York 14850 Voice: 607-254-2418, FAX: 607-254-2460 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/brp mailto:c...@cornell.edu ============================================= -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES --
