Birds and Nature

WARNING--THIS IS REALLY GRAPHIC. This is an extended version of the one I posted below. It is quite long as it follows the vulture as circles the wind turbines for awhile including several apparent close calls before getting too close to one and getting hit. The date on this is 2009 and location is Crete. It also has some rather distracting music and ads at the bottom. The worst is the extended video of the bird flopping around and trying unsuccessfully to fly plus close-ups of the injured bird. At the end it says that some paragliding pilots go to rescue the bird which they do successfully. This video was posted on American Bird Conservancy Facebook page so I emailed them asking if they found out if the bird survived. They did respond but said they didn't have any information on what happened with the vulture after what is shown in this video. As I noted in earlier post, this is illustrative of the need for proper siting of wind farms. I support RESPONSIBLE renewable e...

This is very sad as you watch a vulture in Crete circle a wind turbine too close and get hit by the blade. This is the less graphic video clip but it does show the vulture being hit, falling to the ground and flopping around briefly. Note the extended video says vulture accident not fatal accident but I could not find clarification. I am posting a longer version that is much more graphic as it shows the bird on the ground trying to fly and just breaks my heart (it brings me to tears just describing it, it is not for the very tender hearted). The longer clip shows the bird being rescued but there is no information on whether it survived. This brief clip is not easy to take either but illustrates the problem with improperly sited wind farms and the need for RESPONSIBLE renewable energy development. SeEtta