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Smithsonian Describes Wind Farms As “Bird Death Traps” Posted on March 8, 2015 by stevengoddard How Many Birds Do Wind Turbines Really Kill? \| Smart News \| Smithsonian Wind supporters respond with claims that cats and buildings kill large quantities of birds too. However, that's not a good comparison. First, predators like cats and objects like buildings mostly take a toll of species that exist in vast quantities like sparrows, blackbirds, starlings, while wind turbines kill large numbers of raptors and carrion eaters. These are soaring predators and carrion eaters that have smaller populations and play important roles in the balance of nature. Second, we're not going to be vastly expanding the number of cats and buildings. Wind promoters call for vastly expanding (say by 50-100 X the current level) the number of wind turbines. The toll on key bird species would multiply accordingly. Then of course, there are bats.

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