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Painting Wind Turbine Blades to Save Birds’ Lives

Wind turbines kill birds because the white blades are invisible to them. But paint one black. Presto, bird deaths drop by 70%.

Thank you, Norway, for this. They figured it out.

Bird fatalities dropped over 70% once they started painting ONE blade of a wind turbine black, leaving the others white.

Why does it work?

Easy. When three white blades are spinning, they become invisible to birds, but the contrast is seen.

Audubon magazine wrote about this, but if you want to read the words of the originator, it’s here.

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