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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

10,000 Birds

According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service , there are about 10 billion breeding birds in the US. The maximum population size may be closer to 20 billion in the fall, and 10 billion at the start of the Spring breeding season. How many birds to cats kill in the United States? Cats are not the same thing as windmills.

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Filling the Gap Left By DeBooy’s Rail

10,000 Birds

Eventually one evening driving home I was shocked to get good views of a clapper wandering about my car park (I’m fairly sure it was sneaking my neighbours’ cats food too). Also frequent escapees (or very free ranging domestics) are guinea fowl and to a lesser extent a number of other gamebirds up to and including peacocks.