This draft report of a brief period of counting corpses at the 120-turbine Maple Ridge wind energy facility on the Tug Hill plateau in western New York – performed by a firm that works for many wind companies – estimates the annual toll to have been between 3,103 and 6,011 birds and bats killed (p. 50).
Obtained by the Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society [1] by a Freedom of Information Act request to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
See comments by Rob Pforzheimer. [2]
Download original document: “Maple Ridge Wind Power Avian and Bat Fatality Study 2006 [3]”
The final draft is available here. [4]
URL to article: https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/maple-ridge-wind-power-avian-and-bat-fatality-study-2006/
URLs in this post:
[1] Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society: http://www.doas.us/
[2] See comments by Rob Pforzheimer.: http://www.wind-watch.org/alerts/2007/03/29/re-post-construction-bird-and-bat-fatality-study-at-the-maple-ridge-wind-facility/
[3] Maple Ridge Wind Power Avian and Bat Fatality Study 2006: https://docs.wind-watch.org/maple_ridge_report_2006.pdf
[4] The final draft is available here.: https://docs.wind-watch.org/maple_ridge_report_2006_final.pdf