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Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by ptaipale on Saturday April 22, 2017 @10:43AM (#14172753)
I would say it is significant but not disaster. For some sources, look at

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-many-birds-do-w...

AFAIK, in terms of number of birds, house cats kill about 1000 times as many birds as windmills, but cats of course prey on small birds and windmills kill large birds which are far lower in numbers.

Re:The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100K people by Animats on Saturday April 22, 2017 @02:15PM (#14173835)
Altamont Pass, the first big wind farm, is the worst, with row after row of small wind turbines across a narrow pass in a mountain chain. It's a veg-o-matic for migratory birds. Those small turbines are obsolete, and are gradually being replaced with bigger ones.