Okay, I will probably be modded down for this, but it's worth saying. And for the record, I'm opposed to needlessly killing animals.

The first time I heard about eagles being killed by windmills, I imagined one being cut down while flying from point A to point B, not noticing that there was this lethal windmill in its path. Then, I saw a video on a website of an actual eagle death by windmill (and I apologize for not being able to find & post the link here) and was very surprised bu what I saw. Basically, the eagle was "dancing" with the windmill, repeatedly flying around it over and over. Like a moth flying around a flame. Eventually, the two paths intercepted, and the eagle was hit by the blade.

So part of me wanted to scream "stupid eagle!" and make the natural selection comment. But maybe there is something hypnotic going on that makes the bird want to investigate this strange whirling object?

Maybe a solution to the problem isn't to grant power companies "permits" to kill eagles, but to find a way to repel them rather than attract them.

My wife won't let me.

Imagine there's no government.
It's easy if you try.

Does anybody really care?

"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die." - Mel Brooks

Actually, it does, for large values of 1 and small values of 3.

D'oh, I really should read the post more carefully - I somehow missed the link to that article which was already present.

My apologies for the useless post (and this useless reply - which wouldn't be necessary if /. allowed me to delete my own comment.)

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566119912004831

If you break it, you bought it.

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