By Guest Column Mark Duchamp——Bio and Archives--May 8, 2013
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A young eagle was yesterday cut in two by a spinning windmill in Skagen. Danish Ornithological Society is in turmoil and believes that misplaced wind turbines can cost several birds. The dead bird with a wingspan of 2.25 meters was found on the ground Sunday morning. The broad wings and the head was in one place - the eagle's lower body with the long sharp claws were well away from the three wind turbines at Buttervej the outskirts of Skagen. It writes the Danish Ornithological Society, DOF. "Early in the morning, six white-tailed eagles in a row of Skagen and they flew a round beyond Reserve and came near the branch before they flew south again in the fresh westerly wind. Probably the slain young eagle was one of the six white-tailed eagles in a row, "said Pedersen, who almost daily follow bird migration in Skagen. The turbines are 40 meters high and may have more bird life on his conscience, but since the area is deserted becomes the birds picked up by foxes before they are registered. And there is a risk of even more deaths are, believe bird enthusiasts. For Frederikshavn Municipality has plans to place 11 new wind turbines in the reclaimed Gårdbo lake. Each turbine is 140 feet tall. "One can hardly suggest a more unfortunate place than Gårdbo lake to put big wind turbines in Denmark, the turbines will stand right by migratory birds approach to Skagen peninsula, the spring is the scene of one of Northern Europe's largest and most concentrated bird migration north. Between 10,000 and 15,000 birds of prey each year draws to Skagen. Moreover 100,000 s of other smaller birds, "says Thorkild Lund, who is chairman of the Danish Ornithological Society (DOF) in northern Jutland to the association's newsletter. "From Norway we have evidence that large wind turbines are deadly for example, white-tailed eagles. During the seven years after 2005, the 68 windmills in Smola Wind Park on the west coast of the middle Norway claimed 49 dead sea eagles that has collided with the spinning turbine blades, "says Thorkild Lund.unquote So, there you have it: wind turbines across migratory routes - in Denmark this time. Did the national bird society protest when they were built? Did they ask for help from other bird societies internationally? - Over 10 years that I have been warning about such follies, I have never heard them express any concern. Eagles, vultures, falcons, kites, storks, cranes, great bustards, swans, geese, ducks etc. and millions of bats are being killed yearly by windfarms all over Europe. Officially, scores of eagles have been killed in Germany, and in reality we may be talking of hundreds. But when no eagles will be left, who do you think will receive million-dollar subventions to conduct an eagle reintroduction programme? - Certainly not STEI. In this business, the bad guys get the goodies.
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