Adverse impacts of wind energy: Difference between revisions

Migrating birds generally fly far above the heights of wind turbines — except in conditions of fog or low-lying clouds. On landing and taking off, they have been observed to avoid wind turbines – but only in clear mild conditions, not in fog or rain or at night. Raptors (predatory birds: eagles, falcons, hawks, owls, vultures, etc.) are at risk of collision with wind turbine blades while they hunt, when their attention is focused on their prey, which is more usually more abundant around wind turbines. Thus, wind turbines, as they do with bats, attract the activity of raptors.