1) ARTICLES:

Article about the killing of 80 Bonelli's eagles:

www.ecologistasenaccion.org/article.php3?id_article=3346


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Article about the osprey & booted eagle (with pictures):

www.nodo50.org/ecologistasclm/ab/noticias/energia/EolicoBoqueronAguilas.htm


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Article about the 50 cranes (this is the URL of yet another source of the story - I have mislaid the one to the first source, which is that of the article I posted) :

http://listas.losverdesdeandalucia.org/lista/e-boletin/archivo/indice/1/msg/19/



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2) REPORTS:


Council of Europe / NABU Paper on Birds and powerlines:  Protecting Birds from Powerlines

www.highland.gov.uk/plintra/planpol/ren/apr13/birdlife_guide.pdf


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California Energy Commission: Avian Collision & Electrocution - Anotated Bibliography

www.energy.ca.gov/reports/avian_bibliography.html


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From the horse's mouth (AWEA):  "Utility transmission and distribution lines, the backbone of our electrical power system, are responsible for 130 to 174 million bird deaths a year in the U.S"

http://www.awea.org/faq/sagrillo/swbirds.html

www.awea.org/faq/sagrillo/swbirds.html


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"On average, the annual minimum ptarmigan collision rate was found to be 5.3 birds km–¹ power line.

Mortality due to power lines was, on average, at least 2.4 times higher than the
annual ptarmigan hunting bag in the area during this 6–year study."

www.bcn.es/museuciencies_fitxers/imatges/FitxerContingut2075.pdf


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