The impact of wind turbines on birds in upstate New York
Conference
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OSTI ID:269402
- ABR, Inc., Forest Grove, OR (United States)
- ABR, Inc., Fairbanks, AK (United States)
During spring and fall 1995, ABR, Inc., an environmental research firm, used radar and visual techniques to study bird migration near proposed and existing wind-turbine sites in upstate New York for Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. The primary goal of the study was to evaluate the possible impacts of wind turbines and meteorological towers on local and migratory birds during the spring and fall migration periods. Here we primarily report on data collected from the existing wind-turbine site at Copenhagen. In addition to visual observations of diurnal movements of birds, two radars were used for observations of migrating birds at night. The surveillance radar provided information on nocturnal migration rates, flight directions, and flight behavior. The vertical radar provided information on flight altitudes.
- Research Organization:
- American Wind Energy Association, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 269402
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950309--; ON: DE96011159
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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