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Beautiful Hawk Perches on Houston Freeway Camera

A beautiful hawk got its 15 minutes of fame on a Houston freeway camera Thursday morning. Houston TranStar’s camera on the South Loop at South Wayside recorded the perched bird looking around, possibly on the hunt. Click here to watch the video…

Wind and Solar Facilities Killing Millions of Birds

The Institute of Energy Research reports on a study in the Wildlife Society Bulletin, showing every year 573,000 birds (including 83,000 raptors) and 888,000 bats are killed by wind turbines – 30 percent higher than the federal government estimated in 2009, due mainly to increasing wind power capacity across the nation. This is figure is likely […]

Thursday June 4th, 2015 in Alps Bats, Alps Eagles, Alps Hawks, Alps Owls, Alps Pelicans, Articles, Birds, California, California Bats, California Eagles, California Hawks, California Owls, California Pelicans, Cape Cod Bats, Cape Cod Eagles, Cape Cod Hawks, Cape Cod Owls, Cape Cod Pelicans, Eagles, News, Research, Texas Bats, Texas Eagles, Texas Hawks, Texas Owls, Texas Pelicans, Wind Power Technology, Wyoming | Comments Off

Bats at Greatest Risk from Turbines in Illinois

Bats are much more likely than birds to be killed or injured by wind turbines in Illinois, according to state data. “About 22,000 bats a year are killed by wind turbines,” said Keith Shank, who tracks wind turbine collisions and endangered species for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Shank said bats killed by wind […]

Saturday May 30th, 2015 in Alps Bats, Alps Eagles, Alps Hawks, Alps Owls, Alps Pelicans, Articles, Bats, Birds, California Bats, California Eagles, California Hawks, California Owls, California Pelicans, Cape Cod Bats, Cape Cod Eagles, Cape Cod Hawks, Cape Cod Owls, Cape Cod Pelicans, Illinois, News, Raptors, Texas Bats, Texas Eagles, Texas Hawks, Texas Owls, Texas Pelicans, Wind Power Technology | Comments Off

Nine Surprising Migratory Bird Facts

Birds manage to make such mammoth journeys despite various threats, including those posed by humans. In the Mediterranean region alone, millions of migratory birds are hunted and captured each year with guns, nets or twigs covered in adhesive bird lime. At least two million are said to be caught in Cyprus each year but Egypt […]

Thursday May 7th, 2015 in Alps Eagles, Alps Hawks, Alps Owls, Alps Pelicans, Articles, Bearded Vulture, Birds, California Eagles, California Hawks, California Owls, California Pelicans, Cape Cod Eagles, Cape Cod Hawks, Cape Cod Owls, Cape Cod Pelicans, Condors, Eagles, Owls, Red-tail Hawks, Texas Eagles, Texas Hawks, Texas Owls, Texas Pelicans, Wind Power Technology | Comments Off

Bill to Gut Bird Protection Laws

A bill that would seriously curtail the reach of two major federal bird protection laws has been introduced in the House of Representatives, and its sponsors clearly intend the measure as a boon to the renewable energy industry. The bill, H.R. 493, would require that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant permits of at […]

Thursday February 5th, 2015 in Alps Eagles, Alps Hawks, Alps Owls, Alps Pelicans, Articles, Bats, Bearded Vulture, Birds, California Eagles, California Hawks, California Owls, California Pelicans, Cape Cod Eagles, Cape Cod Hawks, Cape Cod Owls, Cape Cod Pelicans, Condors, Eagles, News, Owls, Red-tail Hawks, Texas Eagles, Texas Hawks, Texas Owls, Texas Pelicans, Wind Power Technology | Comments Off

Wind Power to Pay Millions for Killing Eagles and Other Protected Birds

A Portland, Oregon–based wind-farm company, the second to be sentenced to fines for killing hundreds of protected birds in Wyoming with its turbines, will pay $2.5 million in fines, restitution and community service. PacifiCorp subsidiary PacifiCorp Energy pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Wyoming on December 19 to violating the federal Migratory Bird Treaty […]

Friday January 9th, 2015 in Alps Eagles, Alps Hawks, Articles, Birds, California Eagles, California Hawks, Cape Cod Eagles, Cape Cod Hawks, Eagles, News, Oregon, Red-tail Hawks, Texas Eagles, Texas Hawks, Wind Power Technology, Wyoming | Comments Off

Renewable Energy Death Toll Impugns Green Claims

Renewable energy sources are killers, not so much green as red. Until recently, renewable energy sources—wind, solar, hydro, etc.—have gotten a pass on the environmental harms they cause. However, as the death toll mounts, the public has begun objecting to the deadly impacts of “green” energy sources. Hydroelectric dams, once the darlings of the green […]

Wednesday September 24th, 2014 in Alps Bats, Alps Eagles, Alps Hawks, Articles, Bats, Birds, California Bats, California Eagles, California Hawks, Cape Cod Bats, Cape Cod Eagles, Cape Cod Hawks, Condors, Eagles, Nevada, Raptors, Texas Bats, Texas Eagles, Texas Hawks, Wind Power Technology | Comments Off

US Windfarms Kill 10-20 Times More Than Previously Thought

The Obama administration is issuing 30-year permits for “taking” (killing) bald and golden eagles. The great birds will be legally slaughtered “unintentionally” by lethal wind turbines installed in their breeding territories, and in “dispersion areas” where their young congregate (e.g. Altamont Pass). By chance (if you believe in coincidences), a timely government study claims wind […]

Wednesday May 21st, 2014 in Alps Bats, Alps Eagles, Alps Hawks, Alps Owls, Articles, Bats, Birds, California, California Bats, California Eagles, California Hawks, California Owls, Cape Cod Bats, Cape Cod Eagles, Cape Cod Hawks, Cape Cod Owls, Germany, News, Raptors, Spain, Texas Bats, Texas Eagles, Texas Hawks, Texas Owls, Wind Power Technology | Comments Off

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