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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Thanks go to Steve for his constructive comments. I should have
mentioned that in our discussions with the City one of the key points of
agreement was that <st1:PersonName w:st="on">BCN</st1:PersonName> would have access
and the opportunity for monitoring the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Daley</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Plaza</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
sites. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Donnie Dann<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>Highland Park/Lake County<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:14.0pt'>donniebird@yahoo.com</span></font></st1:PersonName><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> bcnnet-bounces@ece.iit.edu
[mailto:bcnnet-bounces@ece.iit.edu] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf
Of </span></b>Steve Bailey<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 24, 2006
7:35 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> bcnnet@ece.iit.edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [<st1:PersonName
w:st="on">BCN</st1:PersonName>net] Sun-Times article: Bird Watchers
Comfortable(with 10new wind turbines in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Hi all,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Although Donnie
makes some very valid points, that still does not negate the potentiality that
a lot of birds could loose their lives if wind turbines are placed atop tall
buildings along the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>
lakefront. Although what relatively few studies that have been done have
found relatively few bird deaths, i imagine that it all has to do with the
siting of the turbines. The wind farm near Paw Paw in north-central <st1:State
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State> seems to have been sited pretty well, as it is
in a pretty wide open area, off any flyway of any significance, and the
turbines are pretty much in the middle of ag fields, probably the most
depauparate of all habitats in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>.
I actually pulled off the interstate (I-39) to look at this "farm" a
year or two ago.<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>However, placing
the turbines atop some of the tallest buildings in downtown <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> could be a BIG mistake, given that
this is a relatively major flyway. And if <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State> is not on a migratory bird flyway,
than there have been a lot of preeminent ornithologists in this state that
didn't know what they were talking about! For those that don't think <st1:State
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State> is on a major flyway, they should check out Dr.
Frank Bellrose's classic "Ducks, Geese, and swans of <st1:place w:st="on">North
America</st1:place>". Although waterfowl would likely not be
affected by such wind turbines as they usually fly pretty high-up during
migration, passerines follow some of the same "lines of
flight". Did nobody pay any attention to the many radar images that
were produced and shown in various venues (including in the <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> area) by former U of I graduate
student Rob Diehl? His images showed large mushrooms of migrants that
would literally "explode" from around the Chicagoland area at night
during migration, including right along the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Chicago</st1:City></st1:place> lakefront. Many birds were also
shown to be out over the lake, then reconnoitering back to dry land in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City> lakefront parks
and further inland to forest preserves. Many of these birds would wind up
coming in low in the morning, especially in fall when fog and other climatic
conditions associated with the different temperatures of the air over the lake
as opposed to dry land, cause birds to fly much lower than normal, either
because of fog or other visibility problems. I think all of this has been
observed by most Chicagoland birders who have birded lakefront parks, and the
consequences of even having buildings with lights in such a location is exactly
why there is now bird collision monitors helping the injured birds that
hit the windows of these buildings. Of course many more often die, and
are never seen because gulls and other scavengers devour them within the first
couple of hours in the morning, or they are cleaned off sidewalks by building
maintenance personel. It seems to me this is one of the worst places that
wind turbines could be located, and I am not alone in my thoughts when I have
talked about such a thing with other INHS scientists. I hope I am wrong,
that this is a BIG "accident waiting to happen" once these turbines
are sited on <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>
buildings, which sounds like it is already a done deal.<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>One other thing
to consider is that in several studies that have been done, deaths of bats
actually outnumber deaths of birds at some of these turbine farms, and as of
yet nobody seems to know why. It is a shame that there has to all of a
sudden be a rush to get wind farms up and running before enough study has been
made of the current wind farms. A majority of the wind farms that have
been studied have been out west, where passerine migration is a lot different
than migration here in the east. There are not as many strong
"pulses' of migrating birds (represented by lower densities), but instead
it is more of a trickle compared to migration in the east. Also,
passerines out west tend to follow more pronounced topographical features, such
as mountains and valleys. Apples need to be compared with apples, not
oranges, and I personally think that the jury is still out on the effects of
these wind turbines and their affects on migrating birds, especially in areas
east of the <st1:place w:st="on">Mississippi River</st1:place> where the bulk
of neotropical migrants migrate through. There are a lot of bird species
that are headed southeast in fall and northwest in spring, that find themselves
at the bottleneck that is the Chicagoland, <st1:place w:st="on">Lake Michigan</st1:place>
shoreline. Just one good example is the Black-throated Blue Warbler which
is MUCH more common in the Chicagoland area than anywhere else in the
state. That is because the bulk of this birds population that breeds to
the northwest of Illinois travels around the south end of Lake Michigan, before
fanning out over Wisconsin, Minnesota, etc. to breeding areas in those states
and points northward. Although the migrant population of the
Black-throated Blue Warbler through Illinois is relatively tiny compared to
areas farther to the east, there are several other species which are much more
common, and are making this same kind of passage around the south end of Lake
Michigan, before turning back northward in spring, and more easterly in
fall. This is not to mention those species simply heading south but are
coming from the north or northeast and are using the western shoreline of <st1:place
w:st="on">Lake Michigan</st1:place>. Hopefully further studies will be
conducted on "eastern" wind turbine farms before <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State> goes "whole hog" into the
wind turbine industry. There may be some easily made changes in design
that could be made (if they indeed are deadly to numbers of migrant
passerines), before too many farms are sited.<br>
<br>
<br>
Steve Bailey<br>
<st1:place w:st="on">Rantoul</st1:place> (Champaign Co.)<br>
sdbailey@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu<br>
<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<x-sigsep>
<p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'></x-sigsep><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Steven D. Bailey<br>
CTAP Ornithologist<br>
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Illinois</st1:place></st1:State>
Natural History Survey<br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1816 South Oak St</st1:address></st1:Street>.<br>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Champaign</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">61820</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><br>
Phone: 217/244-2174<br>
Fax: 217/ 265-5110<br>
sdbailey@mail.inhs.uiuc.edu <br>
Visit the CTAP homepage and On-line data at <a href="http://ctap.inhs.uiuc.edu/"
eudora=autourl>http://ctap.inhs.uiuc.edu</a> <br>
Look for on-line INHS biological data at <a href="http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/"
eudora=autourl>http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu</a><u><font color=blue><span
style='color:blue'><br>
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<br>
</span></font></u>At 04:08 PM 1/24/2006 -0600, you wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt' type=cite cite>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>BCN</span></font></st1:PersonName> friends,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On this issue it s important to recognize that the choice is not wind or
nothing--our society, even with increased energy efficiency, demands a steadily
growing supply of electricity. The question we must all ask ourselves is: if
not wind, then what sources of energy should we use? <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<font size=4><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Environmental Impacts of
Electricity Sources <br>
</span></font><br>
<br>
<br>
WIND
NUCLEAR
COAL
OIL* NATURAL GAS<font color=white
face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman Bold";
color:white'>Wind </span></font><font size=2 color=white
face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman Bold";
color:white'>
Nuclear
Coal
Natural Gas <br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman Bold"'>Global Warming Pollution
None
None
Yes
Yes
Yes
<font color=white><span style='color:white'>YYeses
YYes <br>
</span></font></span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman Bold"'>Air Pollution
None
None
Yes
Yes
Limited<font color=white><span style='color:white'>YLes
Limited <br>
</span></font></span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman Bold"'>Mercury
None
None
Yes
Yes
None <br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman Bold"'>Mining/Extraction
None
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes<font color=white><span style='color:white'>Yes
Yes
Yes <br>
</span></font></span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman Bold"'>Waste
None
Yes
Yes
Yes<font color=white><span style='color:white'>Yes Yes </span></font>None
<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman Bold"'>Habitat Impacts
Yes
Limited to waste Yes
Yes
Yes<br>
</span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman Bold"'>*Foreign policy considerations are
significant.<font color=white><span style='color:white'>Ye<br>
</span></font></span></font><br>
<font size=2 color=white face="Times New Roman Bold"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman Bold";color:white'>*to YYesesLs
LiLLmited Yes
Yes <br>
</span></font><br>
According to a paper prepared for the 2002 International Partners in Flight
conference, of every 10,000 human-related bird deaths in the U.S. today, wind
plants cause less than one, and if wind power were developed to the same extent
as hydropower today (6% of U.S. power supply), of every 10,000 human-related
bird deaths in the U.S. today, wind plants would cause 9. (Some of this
material came from the American Wind Energy Association, an obviously biased
source but the readers can judge yourselves as to its validity as well as what
is the more bird-friendly energy source). <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
But whether you agree or not that wind turbines are a preferred energy source,
all birders should realize that increasing numbers of wind turbines are
inevitable. We can stand on the sidelines and rail against them, or we
can be a positive force in the debate by urging that they be properly designed
and sited in areas where the least possible bird mortality will result.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Donnie Dann<br>
<br>
Highland Park/Lake County<br>
<br>
<st1:PersonName w:st="on">donniebird@yahoo.com</st1:PersonName> <o:p></o:p></p>
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