You may have heard that wind turbines pose a singular threat to birds, chopping them

up as their giant blades slice through the skies.

And it makes a certain amount of sense, it does seem perfectly logical that such a thing

would indeed be dangerous, or even deadly, to small flying creatures.

But it turns out the science might tell us that the true facts might seem counterintuitive,

and as a spoiler alert, even the Autobahn Society, the world's largest group dedicated

to the conservation of birds, advocates for wind turbines.

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Wind turbines and birds.

It's well known that birds often crash into buildings, power lines, cars, even rocks and

trees, and are often injured or killed, but many people call out wind turbines as a special

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