[EBB Sightings] Golden Eagles , Red Tails and Burrowing Owls:

 Golden Eagles of California.
This mornings SF  Chronicle has a revealing article on the Altamont Pass
wind farm / wind turbine deadly toll of our eagles,raptors and owls.
Go to:  www.sfgate.com;
The full story appearing on paper is on SFC home page, (easy access)  line
for you to read.
I have included many of the California interior birding links because these
birders are not seeing the number of raptors and owls of years past.
The article indicates that formal eagle, Raptor and Owl deaths for the
Altamont was up to 4,721 individual bird deaths.
Certainly in my mind, my opinion is the Altamont Pass wind farms can be
consider for a per-cent age of decline.
A birder posted this AM from Salton Sea that Burrowing Owls are  not being
seen.
In year 2006, >> 300+ Burrowing Owls were killed on Altamont pass alone.
What about song birds? Patterson Pass a few miles south of Altamont Pass
(also laced with wind mills)  is a key Alameda County song bird migration
funnel in the spring.
Please read this article.
Please pardon my cross posting of this information. 

Richard Cimino
Ohlone Audubon Conservation Chair
Pleasanton, Alameda County, Cal.
ABA member 94566
The future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed - William
Gibson,