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.....................
>
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