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Fatal Attraction: Birds and Wind Turbines

Video on Jun 26, 2007 by Gabriela Quirós from QUEST Northern California
Topics: Engineering, Environment, Television

California's largest wind farm cluster at Altamont Pass unintentionally kills golden eagles, burrowing owls and other threatened birds. Now, wind companies, scientists and environmentalists are working to bird-proof these massive wind farms.

Tags: Altamont Pass, bird collisions, endangered, kqed, pbs, QUEST, wind farm, wind turbines

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