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To: SaxxonWoods

I honestly don’t understand how birds can fly into trees and land on a limb in the blowing wind, yet not see windmill blades.


23 posted on 07/01/2013 4:17:11 PM PDT by eccentric (a.k.a. baldwidow)
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To: eccentric
I honestly don’t understand how birds can fly into trees and land on a limb in the blowing wind, yet not see windmill blades.

They do see them.

But the bird can not judge the speed of the turbine blades.

I have read that the tip of the biggest turbines exceed 200 miles per hour.

29 posted on 07/03/2013 7:01:55 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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