Posted on 06/28/2013 12:29:09 PM PDT by Sopater
There had been only eight recorded sightings of the white-throated needletail in the UK since 1846. So when one popped up again on British shores this week, twitchers were understandably excited.
A group of 40 enthusiasts dashed to the Hebrides to catch a glimpse of the brown, black and blue bird, which breeds in Asia and winters in Australasia.
But instead of being treated to a wildlife spectacle they were left with a horror show when it flew into a wind turbine and was killed.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
“I’d say the bird gets a ‘walk’, but then, I’m no Umpire...”
That pitch looked like it was over the plate, so the bird doesn’t get to take its base. Call it a strike on the bird, and the ball is dead (as is the bird).
That is a terrible pun!
That would've NEVER happened at a coal-fired power plant.
I always wondered how that pitch was scored.
Fowl ball.
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They have indeed been co-opted big-time. Check out their Climate Change Campaign—complete with super-cute polar bears cuddling.
Their official Audubon Statement on Wind Power states that they would very much appreciate it if wind turbines could be located so as to minimize kills (and they are "actively involved in wind-power siting issues"); but their bottom line is that "If we don't find ways to reduce these emissions, far more birds--and people--will be threatened by global warming than by wind turbines".
The last paragraph is a completely gratuitous pitch for wind power tax credits, which has nothing to do with the topic and makes the article look even more like something prepared by the wind power industry.
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