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Index of Subjects Based on the digging I have done, the effect turbines have on birds and bats depends on location and orientation, among other things. Mountain passes and headlands sounded like places to avoid, so all things considered, the Lower West Pubnico wind farm shouldn't have happened, what with the Roseate terns nesting on the nearby Brothers. So a couple of years ago, I asked Ted D'Eon if he had noticed any adverse effect of the turbines on the terns. My recollection is that he gave me a pretty unequivocal "No." Alix, have you heard anything on that? -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Marg Millard Sent: April 15, 2015 9:19 AM To: naturens Subject: [NatureNS] wind turbines Last evening I attended a meeting about renewable sources of energy, and storage of electricity. Very interesting. I am curious about these structures. Do we have any idea now how they are affecting the bird population? There was talk of numbers increasing and their height and size growing.... my understanding is the peak time for them to run is at night as that is when we have maximum wind and as battery storage is improved there will be more and more of them. I actually don't mind them visually, but I remember doing a land survey on PEI (in Southport just at the end of the causeway from Charlottetown) back in the 70's and It was a disaster for the birds. Has there been an improvement in design, is someone working toward that end, some warning system to protect the birds somehow. I should have asked this at the meeting but well, I loose my train of thought very quickly and probably wouldn't have made any sense. Marg Millard 19 White Point 2 Rd., White Point, Queens Co., R.R. # 1 Hunts Point, Nova Scotia , Canada B0T 1G0 (902)683-2393 MargMillard.ca --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com
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