Pictures: Eagle Nest Destruction, before, during and after
Videos: Nest & Tree cut down — Nextera in Damage Control
On the morning of January 5th, 2013 Nextera Energy removed a bald eagle nest (species of special concern in Ontario), and the tree it was in, in order to accommodate an access road and a wind turbine for their company in the Summerhaven project in Haldimand Cty. The MNR gave a permit for the company to do so the night before.
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Special to WCO, thanks to Wayne Wegner: Location, Location, Location . . . Migration, Migration, Migration***
While I was out tending to my dogs this bright sunny morning, I enjoyed the sight and sounds of two large flocks of geese, coming from the west traveling along the Lake Erie shoreline. Just before approaching the first pod of turbines, the flock circled around and returned in the direction they came from! I guess I was having a case of “high hopes”… of the passing of waterfowl on their way along a major migratory route of North America.
It amazes me that these bat deaths didn’t serve as the “canary-in-the-coal-mine”. The very large and fast turbine blades produce bat-lung-rupturing extremes of air pressure. These same extreme pressure variants are what produce the high levels of infrasound which impact on the health of area residents.
The term CATVIE best describes the effect .. “Clear Air Turbulence Vortex Infrasound Effect”.
Until cross-discipline studies are conducted (Health, Acoustics, Engineering, Statistical Analysis), we’ll keep on spinning our individual wheels as we try to counter the pseudo-science BS of turbine proponents!
So many wind towers are being erected in rural areas. Already we have many scientific studies and results demonstrating the effect of wind tower power on birds, bats, sea life and human beings. Where are the studies that show the effects on farm animals, household pets? One wonders if there are any effects on growth cycles in plants?
The Green Energy act, the Provincial Liberal Government in Ontario both require removal, Neither of them are democratic. Soon we will have no view, no migratory birds, no unspoiled scenery. Alberta needs “carbon credits” perhaps the wind turbines might help there.
It’s sad, but until everyone steps up, it will continue. How did the song go, “I’de love to change the world, but I don’t know what to do, so I’ll leave it up to you” ,” You” are what will change this and we need to be loud.
I have a good friend who’s family farm sits beside just three wind turbines. Their dairy cows have begun to exhibit very strange behaviour, becoming frantic in nature, noticeable confusion, and violent in many instances. These animals lives have transformed from a peaceful, tranquil existence to a life of torment and pain directly related to the low frequency sound and vibration in their environment. I am hoping to see studies relating to this concern very soon.
Watching CHCH news this morning. Scientists have noticed a 59% decline in the number of monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico. This is the lowest number of monarchs, wintering in that region, ever recorded! This issue was briefly addressed, and then dismissed, at one of the Haldimand ERT hearings. I guess we’ve gotta wait until we don’t see the monarch in this area again…. then maybe the “powers that be” will take notice……but then again….. who am I kidding?