U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Migratory Bird Program | Conserving America's Birds
Do wind turbines kill birds? Yes. And we do need to find a way to mitigate that. But outdoor cats are the overwhelming leader in causes of bird deaths.
The good that wind turbines will do for the environment, and by association birds, mitigates their unfortunate losses. We need to continue to work on and improve wind turbines’ avian safety, but acting as if they are bird Armageddon is wrong.
also please for the love of GOD keep your cats inside
[ID: A graphic titled "Wind Turbines Not the Top Killer for Birds - Annual estimated bird mortality from selected anthropogenic causes in the U.S." Listed below are several of those causes, along with the median/average estimated bird deaths associated with that cause.
Cats cause about 2,400,000,000 bird deaths per year.
Building glass collisions cause about 599,000,000 bird deaths per year.
Vehicle collisions cause about 214,500,000 bird deaths per year.
Poison causes about 72,000,000 bird deaths per year.
Electrical line collisions cause about 25,500,000 bird deaths per year.
Electrocutions cause about 5,600,000 bird deaths per year.
Wind turbines cause about 234,012 bird deaths per year.
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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