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Full Title: Rare bird last seen in Britain 22 years ago reappears - only to be killed by wind turbine in front of a horrified crowd of birdwatchers

It is a darn shame.


1 posted on 06/28/2013 12:29:09 PM PDT by Sopater
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If the bird died in an oil slick....we would never hear the end of it.


2 posted on 06/28/2013 12:30:04 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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Roasted, with a fine wine and Fava beans.


3 posted on 06/28/2013 12:32:15 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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Right out of The Simpsons..


4 posted on 06/28/2013 12:33:43 PM PDT by bkepley
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Maybe this is why they’re so rare.


6 posted on 06/28/2013 12:35:09 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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That was fast, extinct, endangered, extinct.


7 posted on 06/28/2013 12:35:22 PM PDT by twistedwrench
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freepers know that these windmills in America are bird Cuisinarts, killing bald eagles and other Federale protected species without any prosecution


9 posted on 06/28/2013 12:36:57 PM PDT by dennisw (too much of a good thing is a bad thing - Joe Pine)
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to make up for it heres a picture of a pair of great tits

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10 posted on 06/28/2013 12:37:30 PM PDT by Mr. K (There are lies, damned lies, statistics, and democrat talking points.)
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It’s all right. The bird was just emitting CO2 anyway. Not now!


13 posted on 06/28/2013 12:38:57 PM PDT by Rio (51)
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14 posted on 06/28/2013 12:39:07 PM PDT by Spruce
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On the alter of Gore.


17 posted on 06/28/2013 12:41:07 PM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
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SAUSALITO, California (AP) — On February 9, a 321-pound male sea lion aka Chippy, was rescued by California Highway Patrol officers as it flopped along a road in central California near Los Banos.

According to center spokeswoman Cynthia Schramm, Surgery was performed at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, to remove a bullet in the skull. The wound in the back of the animal’s skull was no more than 3 days old when he was rescued.

Officials said, it is not known how the animal was wounded or how it managed to get so far inland. It may have been disoriented because of the wound and could have swum up the San Joaquin River from the ocean.

The sea lion was released at the Point Reyes National Seashore and soon after was snapped by a juvenile Great White shark. Beach Fire Chief Kenny Stevens said the attack was witnessed by 10 to 15 nearby surfers. The surfers reported seeing a 12- to 15-inch dorsal fin during the attack.

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22 posted on 06/28/2013 12:48:29 PM PDT by mbarker12474
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Evolution
only a stupid bird would fly into a wind turbine...


23 posted on 06/28/2013 12:49:45 PM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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This story brings to mind an episode of “Newhart” about a rare white elk that is said to bring good luck to the townspeople when it makes one of its rare appearances. Everyone is overjoyed when the elk is sighted after an absence of many years. Their joy is short lived however, after Bob (of course) accidentally runs it over.


27 posted on 06/28/2013 12:51:41 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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With wind generation it feels so good! Doing our part to save Mother Earth!

Kumbaya, kumbaya...until the first whooper gets clobbered.


29 posted on 06/28/2013 12:53:31 PM PDT by hadaclueonce (dont worry about Mexico, put the fence around kalifornia.)
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...Gee .... wind turbines with 120 foot long blades traveling at a velocity of 100 mph .... who would have thought that it could actually be hazardous to birds that share the same airspace?

Of course the question begs to be asked ..... If a bird is pulverized by a wind turbine .... and nobody was there to see it ..... did the bird really die? For all of the low information folks out there .... it's a variation of the old "A Tree Falling in the Forest" schtick.

30 posted on 06/28/2013 12:54:37 PM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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Green — it’s whatever you want it to be.


32 posted on 06/28/2013 12:55:57 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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DRILL BABY DRILL...where’s PETA..or do they have a chapter over yon in UKistan?


34 posted on 06/28/2013 12:57:41 PM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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Oh, the compassionate loving embrace of the green revolution. Bwaaaaahahhahahahaaa!


36 posted on 06/28/2013 1:04:23 PM PDT by Gaffer
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Wind turbines have killed more bird than my SUV.


45 posted on 06/28/2013 1:30:13 PM PDT by matt04
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Wind turbines have to be eliminated. Stopped. Dismantled. They are a sacrament for the enviro wackos.


46 posted on 06/28/2013 1:35:39 PM PDT by I want the USA back (If I Pi$$ed off just one liberal today my mission has been accomplished.)
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