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Index of Subjects --089e013a2b2c8623230513c561aa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I asked Ted Chesky of Nature Canada at their Town Hall meeting last fall, what there stance was on Wind Turbines, as I knew there was a controversial Wind Farm proposed for Amherst Island in Lake Ontario, where owls nest. Ted said that they support the technology, as it is "green" energy, but lobby to have the turbines placed away from sites where migrating and nesting birds could be affected. There are quite a few articles online about the Amherst Island plan (and Wolfe Island where there are turbines) - helpful reading to get a deeper understanding of the problem, political battles, etc. I noticed around Point Pelee when I was there last that there are a lot of wind turbines up to Blenheim and then after Leamington so I wondered if that meant that the citizens and birding groups won that battle...? Nancy Robinson On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Alix d'Entremont < alixdentremont@hotmail.com> wrote: > John and others, > > Raymond d'Entremont (a very experienced birder) from Pubnico has a route > around the wind turbines that he walks every morning throughout most of the > year (he probably skips harsh mid-winter days). If I remember correctly, he > very rarely sees any dead birds at the base of the windmills. I have never > seen any myself. I also wonder how quickly a dead bird would be carried off > site to become a meal (and therefore represent an undetectable kill). > > The Roseate Terns are using an area east of John's Island near the tip of > Pubnico Point for feeding (at least they did in 2012). A direct route from > the Roseate Tern colony to this feeding area brings them close to the wind > turbines. I've seen them heading in that direction before, but they seem > to fly above water and do not cross the land to get to John's Island. See > Ted's website for details about this feeding area: > > http://teddeon.com/tern12.html > > In July of last year the Roseate Terns (and Common Terns) were feeding > just north of Dennis Point Wharf in Pubnico Harbour. A direct flight from > their colony to this feeding area is a few kilometres north of the wind > turbines. > > *---* > > *Alix Arthur d'Entremont* > *BSc Geomatics Engineering* > > 292 Abbott's Harbour Road > Middle West Pubnico > Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia > Canada B0W 2M0 > > Phone: +1 902 762 2082 > Mobile: +1 902 307 0373 > e-mail: alixdentremont@hotmail.com > Bird Photography http://www.flickr.com/photos/alixd/ > Bird Documentation Photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/130170873@N08/ > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/130170873%40N08/> > Blog http://alixdentremont.blogspot.ca/ > > > > From: nhungjohn@eastlink.ca > > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] wind turbines > > Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:54:57 -0300 > > > > > 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 > > > --089e013a2b2c8623230513c561aa Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I asked Ted Chesky of Nature Canada at their Town Hal= l meeting last fall,=A0 what there stance was on Wind Turbines, as I knew t= here was a controversial Wind Farm proposed for Amherst Island in Lake Onta= rio, where owls=A0 nest.=A0 Ted=A0 said that they support the technology, a= s it is "green" energy, but lobby to have the turbines placed awa= y from sites where migrating and nesting birds could be affected.=A0 There = are quite a few articles online about the Amherst Island plan (and Wolfe Is= land where there are turbines) - helpful reading to get a deeper understand= ing of the problem, political battles, etc.=A0 <br><br></div><div>I noticed= around Point Pelee when I was there last that there are a lot of wind turb= ines up to Blenheim and then after Leamington so I wondered if that meant t= hat the citizens and birding groups won that battle...?<br><br></div><div>N= ancy Robinson<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br= ><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed= , Apr 15, 2015 at 11:01 AM, Alix d'Entremont <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a h= ref=3D"mailto:alixdentremont@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">alixdentremont@= hotmail.com</a>&a