The joke was funny, but let’s set a clear picture:.
“Window strikes – estimated to kill 976 million birds/year – Millions of houses and buildings, with their billions of windows, pose a significant threat to birds. Birds see the natural habitat mirrored in the glass and fly directly into the window, causing injury and, in 50% or more of the cases, death.”.
“Domestic and Feral Cats – may kill 500 million birds per year or more.”.
“High tension line collisions – may kill up to 174 million birds per year.”.
“Cars may kill 60 million birds per year. Of over 8 million lane miles of roads in the US, 6.3 million are in rural areas where most birds are presumably killed.”.
“Wind turbines may kill 33,000 birds per year, and, as in the case of electrocutions, these birds tend to be large and scarce (e.g. raptors). ".
And sport hunting takes 15 million or more birds per year. Windmills don’t bother me.
The joke was funny, but let’s set a clear picture:.
“Window strikes – estimated to kill 976 million birds/year – Millions of houses and buildings, with their billions of windows, pose a significant threat to birds. Birds see the natural habitat mirrored in the glass and fly directly into the window, causing injury and, in 50% or more of the cases, death.”.
“Domestic and Feral Cats – may kill 500 million birds per year or more.”.
“High tension line collisions – may kill up to 174 million birds per year.”.
“Cars may kill 60 million birds per year. Of over 8 million lane miles of roads in the US, 6.3 million are in rural areas where most birds are presumably killed.”.
“Wind turbines may kill 33,000 birds per year, and, as in the case of electrocutions, these birds tend to be large and scarce (e.g. raptors). ".
And sport hunting takes 15 million or more birds per year. Windmills don’t bother me.