-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Wind farm/bird collision solution in Texas Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 08:45:40 -0400 (EDT) From: John and Sue Gregoire <[email protected]> Reply-To: John and Sue Gregoire <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] CC: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
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 -- -- ============================================= 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:[email protected] ============================================= -- NFC-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_WELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NFC_RULES --
