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9. Ah, ok. Thanks for clarification.

Fri Jun 28, 2013, 04:32 PM

Jun 2013

I was assuming that there was a separate classification for "fastest non-flying bird".

Which would probably be an ostrich.

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Birdwatchers see rare swift killed by wind turbine [View all] PoliticAverse Jun 2013 OP

Quick...tear those blasted things down pipoman Jun 2013 #1

That's life! The Torygraph gave it a good obituary, though. MADem Jun 2013 #2

Why was this a rare sighting? kristopher Jun 2013 #3

That was a rhetorical question. kristopher Jul 2013 #23

I think for birders it's more than just "taking a wrong turn." joshcryer Jul 2013 #29

I propose an international fund to buy the little buggers helmets! Vinnie From Indy Jun 2013 #4

If it was being watched by 40 ornithologists at the time, probably. GliderGuider Jun 2013 #6

No power source is benign dbackjon Jun 2013 #5

+1 Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #11

The world's fastest flying bird?? Um, no. wtmusic Jun 2013 #7

Notice that falcon is diving? OKIsItJustMe Jun 2013 #8

Ah, ok. Thanks for clarification. wtmusic Jun 2013 #9

The fastest-flying bird in flapping flight... DreamGypsy Jul 2013 #28

How so? XemaSab Jun 2013 #12

The bird is rare in the UK dbackjon Jun 2013 #13

"Wind power turbine kills endangered species of birds" caraher Jun 2013 #15

I think it was a small one caraher Jun 2013 #17

This purports to be a picture of the turbine in question XemaSab Jun 2013 #18

The wind speed indicator on top suggest it is a small wind turbine madokie Jul 2013 #20

Yeah, that weather station on top can't be more than 2' across. joshcryer Jul 2013 #21

The one on my neighbors was less than that madokie Jul 2013 #24

Right....No CPU, no direct drive, a gear box. FogerRox Jul 2013 #25

That's why there's no birds in Holland thelordofhell Jul 2013 #27