TY - JOUR
TI - Bird Flight Characteristics Near Wind Turbines in Minnesota
AU - Osborn, R
AU - Dieter, C
AU - Higgins, K
AU - Usgaard, R
T2 - American Midland Naturalist
AB - During 1994-1995, we saw 70 species of birds on the Buffalo Ridge Wind Resource Area. In both years bird abundance peaked in spring. Red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula), and barn swallows (Hirundo rustica) were the species most commonly seen. Most birds (82-84%) flew above or below the height range of wind turbine blades (22-55m). The Buffalo Ridge Wind Resource Area poses little threat to resident or migrating birds at its current operating level.
DA - 1998/01//
PY - 1998
VL - 139
IS - 1
SP - 29
EP - 38
UR - http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139%5B0029%3ABFCNWT%5D2.0.CO%3B2
DO - 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0029:BFCNWT]2.0.CO;2
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Birds
KW - Passerines
KW - Waterfowl
ER -