Wind turbine study analyzes bird flight patterns Jeremy Ross
uses radar to track avian flight at the Ottawa National Wildlife
Refuge. BOWLING GREEN, O.—Wind turbines may offer a positive
source of renewable energy, but Bowling Green State University
and University of Toledo researchers are looking into the
potential impact these giant fans might have on bird species if
constructed along the Lake Erie shoreline. As part of the
Coastal Ohio Wind Project funded by the U.S. Department of
Energy, researchers are continuing their collaboration in
conjunction with the 2010 study that looked at the effects of
wind turbines on bird and bat migration. The turbines in that
study are located outside Bowling Green, off Route 6. (See
http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/mc/monitor/10-11-10/page86848.html)
An increased interest in turbine development along the Lake Erie
shoreline propelled the idea behind the current study, Dr.
Verner Bingman, BGSU Distinguished Research Professor of
psychology, said. The team is in the process of c