Wind turbines affect different species of birds differently (they have different flight patterns and different abilities to avoid large objects) and are associa

Wind turbines affect different species of birds differently (they have different flight patterns and different abilities to avoid large objects) and are associated with different effects on populations of birds to those of predation. IIRC, it's not collisions that cause most deaths, it's actually pressure effects (barotrauma; to which bats are reportedly more susceptible - eg Barclay et al. "... bat fatalities ..." paper[s]). Larger species of bird get displaced which has a knock-on effect to the local eco-system. A particularly important point if the species is struggling to survive. From the studies I've seen, only maybe a dozen on these topics, the bigger issue is effect on bats. Also, fwiw, fracking and other fossil fuels do more damage to bird populations than wind turbines; but I don't feel that means we should be complacent. It's right to properly monitor the effects of new technologies on the wider environment. There's definitely a worrying difference in reporting of 'green' harms in Western media (eg Loss et al. "Estimates of bird collisions ...").