I was asked by some for the source of the quote that said Wolfe Island avian mortality was the second highest in NA. After some searching we find that it came from an analysis by our own Bill Evans. The link to that article is below. Not to belabor the point but John Confer's last paragraph goes to the heart of our concerns for Amherst Island...the importance of habitat.
I was sent a second source, a PDf outlining deaths across Canadian wind farms and it does show Wolfe to be the highest and second for tat year only to Altamont in CA.It was written by Lyle Friesen of the CWS for the OFO (Ontario Field Ornithologist) Journal. Unfortunately I can't get that PDF to link in acceptable form. john http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/windfarm-turbines-deadly-for-birds-bats/article4392511/ -- 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 http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
