RE:RE:RE:If the activists want to protect wildlife they should show Now since the birds are chopped up and their remains devoured quickly by scavengers no one really knows for sure. There are no shortage of studies on this but the most conservative estimates are a half mil or so by direct contact. In addition, the indirect causes, more structures, more towers, more wires, etc is significant. See below:
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In a 2014 study, researchers estimated that 25.5 million birds are killed each year due to collisions with powerlines, and another 5.6 million are killed by electrocutions. Therefore, powerlines built exclusively to connect new wind facilities to the existing energy grid result in additional bird mortalities that should be factored in to the total toll in birds associated with wind energy development."