I read an interesting comment about wind turbines killing birds.

@DocAndersen (54399)
United States
February 15, 2019 8:03am CST
I did some research about numbers. Globally Wind Turbines kill less than 4 million birds a year. That is a horrible number. House cats kill just under 8 million birds a year. Windows kill more than 500 million birds a year. I guess you have to be careful when someone throws information in a comment.
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John Roberts
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Feb 19
That many with windows? I have never seen that. Cats are nature's way of keeping bird population in check. I have engaged environmentalists who want the turbines about the birds and they don't want to hear it.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
15 Feb 19
It is actually more than 500 million for windows. I was just laughing because someone posted that as an ant9-clean energy point on a blog I wrote.
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (22246)
• United States
15 Feb 19
wow. Lily (my black cat) hasn't killed any birds. But she does hiss at them through the window at my bird feeder.
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
16 Feb 19
@DocAndersen Most cats will kill birds if they have the chance, and the owners won't necessarily know it. The only way you really know is if your kitty never gets to go outside unattended.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
17 Feb 19
@norcal ITs funny, and you raise an excellent point. My dog is very sweet. The neighbor kids come to our house and pet him. He has to be outside of our yard on a leash. Cats, which do some fairly serious damage don't.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
15 Feb 19
It appears many cats do much more than hiss
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snowy
@snowy22315 (208882)
• United States
15 Feb 19
I had heard that about wind turbines too. I guess you have to keep everything in perspective. My cat stays inside so he kills no birds, not that he wouldn't like to!
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
15 Feb 19
I find it interesting that people argue that as a reason why Wind Turbines shouldn't be approved.
Anna
@LadyDuck (502429)
• Italy
16 Feb 19
I only know that Swiss Government has stopped building Wind Turbines in some areas (where there are no windows and no cats) because the experiment made showed that some species of birds were disappearing. It's not the number sometimes, but there are species that we want to protect. They are now moving the Turbines in another area.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502429)
• Italy
17 Feb 19
@DocAndersen Very few politician first think, then ask to expert and finally do.
Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
17 Feb 19
That is unfortunate. Very short sighted in the end. But to be expected.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Feb 19
Wow, maybe we should just all leave our windows open! Did you know you have a typo in your title?
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
16 Feb 19
I saw the typo after I posted it. Thanks for reminding me to fix it!
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (382036)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Feb 19
@DocAndersen No problem. I find errors in my comments all the time and have to edit them.
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Scott Andersen
@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
17 Feb 19
@JudyEv Thanks Judy!!!!
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Sherry
@norcal (4889)
• Franklinton, North Carolina
16 Feb 19
I think a large portion of those birds killed by windows fly into windows on skyscrapers, so they are migrating and flying at high speeds when they hit them. There are things they can do with light to minimize that.
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