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Date: 3/12/25 8:00 am From: madonna stallmann <madonnaoftheprairie...> Subject: Re: Study re: solar farms and birds [was RE: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: FYI]
Interesting study! I wonder what the difference is for rangeland/grazing as compared to solar array (I can not bring myself to calling any industrial site, such as a solar array, a "farm")? Anyone know of any studies being done on that? 🐦 Madonna Stallmann On Tue, Mar 11, 2025, 9:31 PM Eveline V. Ferretti <ef15...> wrote: > Hello all, thread below reminded me that I’d wanted to share this news > piece: Solar farms can host up to three times as many birds as crop > fields – new research > <https://theconversation.com/solar-farms-can-host-up-to-three-times-as-many-birds-as-crop-fields-new-research-249551?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=bylineblueskybutton&fbclid=IwY2xjawI9whxleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHa14T8MYC5ws1r7ZqQkS1n6BX-jX4Pj9CjcZnnqGcuPnNtD6p8foRlmF9w_aem_JxYiU2gwx57U480GdLqLZQ> > (via theconversation.com; includes a link to the paper > <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00063657.2025.2450392> by > Joshua Copping et al (University of Cambridge) that presented the study. > > > > From: <bounce-128663775-62666557...> < > <bounce-128663775-62666557...> On Behalf Of > <tess...> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 6:02 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <CAYUGABIRDS-L...> > Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fwd: FYI > > > > This may be wandering off topic a bit but since I found it alarming, and > then found it somewhat less so when I looked into it further, wanted to > share what I discovered. > > This particular website was created in 2006 by a staunch denier of > man-made climate change and it continues to support that case. Click on > the drop down menus for "Climate TV", "Books", and "Everything Climate" to > confirm that this remains its central purpose. > > There are no examples of eagles actually being killed in this article, not > even an anecdote. The only articles it links to also also do not have any > data, do not mention even a single eagle casualty, and are published by a > second organization that specifically rejects climate change (CFact). > > It would be more persuasive to hear about the effects of wind power on > eagles from a less biased source, particularly if there were data in > support of any claims made. > > Best wishes - > > Alicia > > On 3/11/2025 5:09 PM, Carl Steckler wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Robert Snedeker <rsnedeker...> > Date: Tue, Mar 11, 2025 at 11:41 > Subject: FYI > To: Carl Steckler <simmshill40...> > > > > > https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/03/10/lift-the-veil-on-wind-power-killing-eagles/ > > This is really sad..................... > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > www.avast.com > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/<cayugabirds-l...>/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > > Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > > -- > > > > -- > > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > > Archives: > > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/<cayugabirds-l...>/maillist.html> > > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > > Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > > -- > -- > Cayugabirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/<cayugabirds-l...>/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > ABA <https://www.aba.org/birding-news/> > Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > -- (copy & paste any URL below, then modify any text "_DOT_" to a period ".") Cayugabirds-L List Info: NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsWELCOME_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsRULES_DOT_htm NortheastBirding_DOT_com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave_DOT_htm ARCHIVES: 1) mail-archive_DOT_com/cayugabirds-l@cornell_DOT_edu/maillist_DOT_html 2) surfbirds_DOT_com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) aba_DOT_org/birding-news/ Please submit your observations to eBird: ebird_DOT_org/content/ebird/ --

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