[Va-bird] FW: massive Blackpoll Warbler kill at WV wind-turbines
- From: "Ziegenfus, Zig - ziegencw" <ziegencw@xxxxxxx>
- To: Birding Virginia <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 20:36:51 +0000
Zig
The juncos and white-throats have left!!!!!
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Blackpoll Warblers killed in West Virginia
From: Mike & Laura Jackson <mljackson2 AT EMBARQMAIL.COM>
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:08:00 -0400A massive kill at AES Laurel Mtn wind
project in West Virginia 2 weeks ago: 500 - 600 migrating blackpoll warblers
were killed by wind turbines. This was confirmed by Craig Stihler of DNR in
Elkins, WV (304-637-0245) Blackpoll warblers are endangered in PA - we have
the southern-most breeding population. I hope we did not lose our nesting
blackpoll warblers in this tragic incident. From the PGC: "Blackpoll
warblers (Dendroica striata) are very rare and locally distributed nesting
birds in Pennsylvania. Confirmed nesting has been confined to the Dutch
Mountain wetlands in State Game Lands 57 of western Wyoming County. These
boreal conifer wetlands are part of the Important Bird Area #48. There have
been other reports of territorial blackpoll warblers elsewhere in northern
Pennsylvania, but no nesting confirmed." This tragic incident is further
proof that our mountains should not be developed for industrial wind energy.
Laura JacksonEverettBedford County Killdeer [Kermit Henning ]
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