***Wind farms are the biggest threat to sage grouse and prairie chicken habitat.***
Are these two species low or non-fliers? Strange that the environmentalists are not upset about wind farms killing thousands of majestic, high-flying raptors.
Windfarms are a blight on the landscape - bird killers and they don’t even generate much power. Boondoggle for subsidies from taxpayers to the leftie greenies.
The prairie chickens avoid roosting near any tall structure to stay away from raptors. They don’t know that wind generators kill raptors, the chicken just sees the tall structure and stays away. Wind farms erode the habitat.
The sage hens will fly 40-50 miles at times to summer or winter ranges. I don't know if they take a break during the trip, but I see them leave the country once in a while when jumped. Usually they go a half mile or so. A friend smacked one at 3000' with his Super Cub. He made it home but had to get a new leading edge.