Eric,

I'd be very interested in seeing your supporting data. All the information
I've seen for the new wind power windmills indicates a very low number of
bird strikes.

Dennis Rockwell Kennewick, WA dennis.rockwell at gte.net

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely
rearranging their prejudices.

William James (1842-1910)

-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Henriksen <Eric.Henriksen at gte.net>
To: 'tweeters' <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 9:44 PM
Subject: RE: towerkills.com


>Don't forget the thousands upon thousands of birds chopped by wind farms
>here on the east side.
>
>Eric Henriksen
>Richland, WA
>Eric.Henriksen at gte.net
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
>> [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Scott Ray
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 8:14 PM
>> To: tweeters
>> Subject: towerkills.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> The ultimate site dealing with this subject is
>> www.towerkills.com Maybe someone already posted this info.
>>
>> Lots of interesting information.
>>
>> """"""""""""""""""""""
>> " Scott Ray "
>> " Yakima, WA "
>> " scray at wolfenet.com "
>> """"""""""""""""""""""
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu
>> [mailto:TWEETERS-owner at u.washington.edu]On > Behalf Of Valerie
>> Shahan
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 3:22 PM
>> To: 'Tweeters at u.washington.edu'
>> Subject: RE: Night Lighting in Buildings Kills Birds
>>
>>
>> Hello Tweeters,
>>
>> The International Dark Skies is a great organization doing
>> education and giving people, both home owners and businesses,
>> cost effective and doable options to their light polluting fixtures.
>>
>> Largely the folks who have been tooting the horn for dark
>> skies are amateur astronomers. I am also an amateur
>> astronomer as well as a birder so I use optics by day and by
>> night. Makes me zombie eyed at times. *grin*
>>
>> Check out the url posted below. There is lots of useful
>> information on their pages and links to the International
>> Dark- Sky Association (IDA).
>>
>http://www.scn.org/darksky/
>
>Regards,
>
>Valerie Shahan
>Lummi Bay
>Valerie.Shahan at wwu.edu
>
>
>--Original Message-----
>From: Diann MacRae [mailto:tvulture at vei.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 1:42 PM
>To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>Subject: RE: Night Lighting in Buildings Kills Birds - abcnews.com story
>
>Hi, Melissa and Tweets
>
>Its a slow, slow battle trying to dim the lights. Dark Skies Northwest
>is a regional affiliate of the International Dark-Sky Association. We
>are a small group and just had our second annual conference in Portland
>last month; two of us are birders. There *is* effort to reduce downtown
>Seattle lighting, but no work that I know of to document bird kills
>because of lights.
>
>Cheers, Diann
>Treasurer, Dark Skies Northwest
>
>
>
>