Up/Down Wind turbine

[bobbert]

On the south shore of the St Lawrence River on the way to Gaspe. An older picture, but immediately came to mind...

[jjdog2]

That is looking up, nice shot.

jj

[Walter C]

Any dead birds at your feet? I heard that it was a problem.

[bobbert]

Nope, no dead birds. They were surprisingly majestic, MUCH bigger than they seem at a distance. Wingspan of one blade if 60 to 100 feet! This field of turbines was far enough away from human habitation, but I hear tell that some turbines are too close and a real nuisance or worse, with sound and light pollution.

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day all

might be a bit O.T. ......

Originally Posted by bobbert

Nope, no dead birds. They were surprisingly majestic, MUCH bigger than they seem at a distance. Wingspan of one blade if 60 to 100 feet! This field of turbines was far enough away from human habitation, but I hear tell that some turbines are too close and a real nuisance or worse, with sound and light pollution.

When we travel around outback Australia, we stay overnight in the visitor carparks of wind farms as they are so quiet ~ not silent, but quiet. The gentle whoosh - whoosh of the blades is quieter than the waves on the shore, or the freeway traffic if 1/2-mile from your home

As to birds - any 5-km stretch of highway shows us more dead birds than we have ever seen around a wind farm - in fact I cannot remember ever seeing a dead bird there, come to that

Regards, Phil