Mr Bird's Wild Ride

Proof that wind turbines and birds can safely coexist. This guy rode the turbine for about 20 minutes, and only left after the wind stopped. I think he thought he was at an amusement park.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• wind
• turbine
• bird
• generator

[ChuffChuffWoo]

Alas I work at a power station, and am only too aware of the horrible death birds, suffer when they get trapped against the huge air intake grills and can't escape against the suction (anything smaller gets sucked in to the fire-ouch!!), these birds die a slow, terrifying death. About 6 million birds die every year as a result of collisions be it 747's, etc. 3,000 migrating birds died on one night when they flew in to a power plant in fog. Puts wind farms in to perspective doesn't it.

[GilrsGONEwiLD]

SO LAME xD

[HorsesMakeMyLife]

@Antithropocentric Exactly this bird just got lucky.

[jarhead2042]

excuses me sire what is that bird doing......winning duh

[Antithropocentric]

This only "proves" that some birds in some contexts get wise to the machines. Turbines in general ARE killing birds.

[123shelbyt]

Pointless :/

[nakazatoGTR]

you said it yourself, magnetic radiation is more plausible that any pressure changes.

yeah try harder, or bite the dust...

still no links.

[edcoondog]

what i said before was that there will be no pressure drop DOWN WIND of a wind turbine and the only pressure drop would be adjacent to the blade itself.

all you have to do is scroll up to read it again if you like.

you should read up on aerodynamics and Bernoulli's principal.

in the mean time go argue with someone else... another "troll" perhaps.

[edcoondog]

the only myth i've seen here is bats getting "the bends"  perhaps you should finish high school before you try to have an intelligent conversation again.

[nakazatoGTR]

so what if it was talking about blades?

blades are part of the wind turbine, basically, still you disproved your self.

you said before there were no pressure lalalalala caused by wind turbines and you said electromagnetic radiation is more plausible, now you acknowladge that there is pressure differences caused by turbines per se. now your changing spots, typical of internet trolls

[nakazatoGTR]

magnet make more electromagnetic radiation you dirt mouthed fool.

yeah another email myth you qouted. how many myths have you? well meet your mythbuster.. id be busting your myths had i have a camera and a film crew.

fact is high tension wires ionize the air and those living downwind have better health.

mythbusted.