[NatureNS] wind turbines

From: John and Nhung <nhungjohn@eastlink.ca>
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Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:54:57 -0300
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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 



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