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Index of Subjects This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01D0776D.AD55B400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The bird ignitions are troubling. Wonder if some sort of operational =E2= =80=9Cscarecrow=E2=80=9D could mitigate the problem. From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = On Behalf Of bev wigney Sent: April 15, 2015 10:54 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] wind turbines Regarding turbines, I have no idea what is planned for Nova Scotia, but it = seems likely that we will soon know the impact of turbines in general. I h= ave been crossing the US each spring and autumn for 7 years now. The numbe= r of turbines in Texas and Oklahoma has been quickly rising. The greatest = leap in numbers that I have seen as yet, seems to have occurred between las= t autumn and this spring along I-40, east and west of Amarillo, TX and well= into western Oklahoma. There are now many hundreds of turbines along I-40= - close and off into the distance to the vanishing point on the horizon. = If the turbines pose a hazard to migrating birds, this wide band stretching= a good hundred or more miles, should eventually give us the data. I thoug= ht as much as I passed by, especially as I noted many more turbines going u= p, and the density of the fields seems greater in more recent installations= =2E Also, there is now very litlle area without turbines through that stre= tch. What may be just as worrisome as turbines are the solar concentrators which= are proving to be destructive as they ignite birds and insects flying near= the towers. Also birds that are killed as they come down atop solar panel= installations - being tricked into thinking these are shallow playa lakes = as found in the desert. All of this is being closely watched by environmen= tal groups in the southwest. The solar concentrators seem to be the most c= ontentious at the moment. Video footage of igniting birds in mid-flight do= esn't play well to those who have concerrns about these installations. bev wigney Round Hill, NS --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com ------=_NextPart_000_003B_01D0776D.AD55B400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content= =3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft= Word 14 (filtered medium)"><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} span.EmailStyle17 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} =2EMsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=3Dwhite lang=3DEN-CA= link=3Dblue vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>= <span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1= F497D'>The bird ignitions are troubling.=C2=A0 Wonder if some sort of opera= tional =E2=80=9Cscarecrow=E2=80=9D could mitigate the problem.<o:p></o:p></= span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"= Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0= cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b><span lang=3DEN-US style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;fo= nt-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=3DEN-US style= =3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> naturens-owner@che= bucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>bev = wigney<br><b>Sent:</b> April 15, 2015 10:54 AM<br><b>To:</b> naturens@chebu= cto.ns.ca<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NatureNS] wind turbines<o:p></o:p></span>= </p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=3DM= soNormal>Regarding turbines, I have no idea what is planned for Nova Scotia= , but it seems likely that we will soon know the impact of turbines in gene= ral. I have been crossing the US each spring and autumn for 7 years n= ow. The number of turbines in Texas and Oklahoma has been quickly ris= ing. The greatest leap in numbers that I have seen as yet, seems to h= ave occurred between last autumn and this spring along I-40, east and west = of Amarillo, TX and well into western Oklahoma. There are now many hu= ndreds of turbines along I-40 - close and off into the distance to the vani= shing point on the horizon. If the turbines pose a hazard to migratin= g birds, this wide band stretching a good hundred or more miles, should eve= ntually give us the data. I thought as much as I passed by, especiall= y as I noted many more turbines going up, and the density of the fields see= ms greater in more recent installations. Also, there is now very litl= le area without turbines through that stretch. <o:p></o:p></p><= /div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=3DM= soNormal>What may be just as worrisome as turbines are the solar concentrat= ors which are proving to be destructive as they ignite birds and insects fl= ying near the towers. Also birds that are killed as they come down at= op solar panel installations - being tricked into thinking these are shallo= w playa lakes as found in the desert. All of this is being closely wa= tched by environment