I was not able to find any verification of that statement, but I did find this:
I have followed this controversy with wind farms and agree that it is hard to come up with an exact figure of birds that have been killed. Interestingly, the California Condor is an endangered species and we have spent huge sums of money to try and increase the population. I recently heard an interview on talk radio of an “activists” from California who alleged far more than 28 dead condors and golden eagles have been found underneath the turbines. I am in no position to verify the claims but there is obviously something to it.
Stossel covered this on his program a few years ago and I looked for a transcript but could not find it. In addition to the loss of large birds there is plenty of evidence that bats are being slaughtered by these things.
The rule of unintended consequences is always present in the environmental movement.
These are all supportable statements -
The ban of DDT led to many thousands of malaria deaths in Africa.
The ban of regular lightbulbs will lead to mercury filled landfills as the new bulbs are discarded. How long before a child is diagnosed with mercury poisoning after breaking a bulb?
The push towards electrical cars does not reflect the increased costs (economic activity creates greenhouse gases) required to offset the higher costs. It also does not account for the disposal problems created by such large batteries using current technology.
The introduction (some say reintroduction) of wolves in the west is leading to the decimation of large grazing animals.
I don’t support the oil company creating an oil filled pond and it is reasonable that they should make an effort to clean it and prevent it. However, like others have pointed out, the hypocrisy of this action if it’s really about “the birds” illustrates a major cancer affecting our nation.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/stossel/blog/2009/09/09/green-double-standards
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203706604574376543308399048.html
This is not a new problem. Both of these articles addressing the same thing are from 2009.