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- To mitigate bird collisions, enforce the Migratory Bird . . .
Estimates suggest some 388–965 million birds die annually in the United States in building collisions—a staggering 30 deaths per second This decade-old number is almost certainly an underestimate, given the thousands of buildings with such glass that have since been constructed ( 3 ), which include single-story residential homes
- A Year of Helping Birds: Avoid Harmful Pesticides
That’s about 3 billion birds in 50 years, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology We’ve lost large amounts of many popular species, including several favorite backyard birds, such as blue jays (1 in 4 lost), red-winged blackbirds (1 in 3 lost), and dark-eyed juncos (1 in 3 lost)
- A 13-year study shows wind turbines are more deadly for bats . . .
A 13-year-long study has found that bat and bird deaths from wind turbines rise appreciably during migration periods The data collected between 2009 and 2021 covered around 30 percent of all wind
- Are US wind farms killing thousands of birds? - The Colorado Sun
Estimates of annual bird deaths linked to wind turbines in the continental U S ranged between 230,000 birds and 600,000 birds per year in 2013 and 2014, according to a study published in the fall of 2019 by a researcher from the American Wind Wildlife Information Center and 12 other wind energy or wildlife experts
- These things kill a lot more birds than wind turbines | Electrek
Oil fields could kill up to 1 million birds a year, Oil and wastewater pits may kill up to 2 million birds per year The top threat to birds is cats (2 4 billion), followed by windows (599
- Poultry farming has taken flight in NC. But at what cost . . .
The state’s largest ag industry raises more than 1 billion chickens and turkeys each year The birds generate billions of pounds of untreated waste
- Undiscovered bird extinctions obscure the true magnitude of . . .
Birds are among the best-studied animal groups, but their prehistoric diversity is poorly known due to low fossilization potential Hence, while many human-driven bird extinctions (i e
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