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Why would thousands of birds be in the desert? I doubt migrations cut through the desert too...

Szlia_sl said:

Why would thousands of birds be in the desert? I doubt migrations cut through the desert too...

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I'm pretty sure that only shows waterfowl like ducks, geese, rails and gallinules since the 4 flyways are designated by the USFWS for migratory waterfowl management. That doesn't include non game migratory birds and what we call in the business "dicky birds" lol. Ie songbirds and whatever else.

Also a good portion of the Central flyway cuts thru the great basin and Chihuahuan desert where it cuts thru the extreme western edge of TX and continues down into Mexico. And like I said, that's just waterfowl migration.

Szlia_sl said:

Here?

How much water does it take to maintain a gold course in the middle of the desert.... or is the fairway made of tiny cacti?

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I'm definitely not a tree-hugger, but this makes zero sense to me as well. And it's not only by Vegas of course, think about all the damn golf courses around Phoenix, California, New Mexico, etc. All are drawing off the Colorado River basin which is in a shitload of trouble.

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Tarrant_sl said:

Because they are? Between 1,000 to 28,000 per year are being destroyed by it.

Birds scorched to death MID-AIR in the quest for clean energy | Mail Online

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No where in the article does it say any birds are actually killed, just that "experts" "estimate" 30k are killed a year. I wouldn't trust the Daily Mail on anything.

The daily mail is like fox news upped by an order of magnitude and read by old brits every morning instead of watched by old americans every night

Well that species is doomed to failure. I wonder if we could use some kind of magnetic or sonic device to discourage them from flying in the danger zone. It couldn't use that much power. Birds are very sensitive to magnetism. It's how they migrate.



~oblig

Blakkheim_sl said:

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fuck it put it out there what you want! good for her if this is real.

Gravy_sl said:

I'm definitely not a tree-hugger, but this makes zero sense to me as well. And it's not only by Vegas of course, think about all the damn golf courses around Phoenix, California, New Mexico, etc. All are drawing off the Colorado River basin which is in a shitload of trouble.

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Lake Mohave is getting pretty small. No worries.

damn, it is a shoop.

Vegas_sl said:

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I like this picture. It makes it easy to identify people who never work with power tools.