Rare bird last seen in Britain 22 years ago reappears - only to be killed by wind turbine

Daily Mail ^ | 27 June 2013 | WILL ROBINSON

[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.

[Sopater]

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.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

If the bird died in an oil slick....we would never hear the end of it.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Roasted, with a fine wine and Fava beans.

[bkepley]

Right out of The Simpsons..

[Resolute Conservative]

I’ll burn a tire in its honor tonight.

[Tired of Taxes]

Maybe this is why they’re so rare.

[twistedwrench]

That was fast, extinct, endangered, extinct.

[Standing Wolf]

If the bird died in an oil slick....we would never hear the end of it.

It was Bush's fault.

Wait. No. It was global warming.

Ummm... well, birds don't really matter as long as we're trying to use renewable energy instead of burning coal. We need a war on coal!

[dennisw]

freepers know that these windmills in America are bird Cuisinarts, killing bald eagles and other Federale protected species without any prosecution

[Mr. K]

to make up for it heres a picture of a pair of great tits

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[Sopater]

lol

[dennisw]

Wind Energy Bird Killing Exemptions - Canada Free Press www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/50568‎ Oct 25, 2012 – Altamont Pass, avian cuisinarts, Owls, Eagles, Hawks, Kestrels ... wind power operators to kill bald eagles and other protected bird species. (1).

Feds looking to expand permits for the killing of bald eagles…by ... hotair.com/.../feds-looking-to-expand-permits-for-the-killing-of-bald-ea...‎ May 10, 2012 – The wholesale killing of Bald Eagles seems unpatriotic to me. .... so these cuisinarts for birds (and bats), all 4000 of them, would have a place to ...

[Rio]

It’s all right. The bird was just emitting CO2 anyway. Not now!

[Spruce]

[dennisw]

How about the yellow bellied sap sucker?

[KarlInOhio]

Apparently not rare as much as extremely lost.

Fly thousands of miles in the wrong direction only to get hit by a wind turbine.

[Irenic]

On the alter of Gore.

[tumblindice]

Or the blue-footed boobies.

[Puppage]

Maybe this is why they’re so rare.

Oh, man! Me & my office buddies are LOFAO on that comment.

[ops33]

I always wondered how that pitch was scored.