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May 2000

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NREL/SR-500-27545

Avian Risk Behavior and Fatalities at the Altamont Wind Resource Area
March 1998 to February 1999

Carl G. Thelander and Lourdes Rugge
BioResource Consultants Ojai, California

National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, Colorado 80401-3393
NREL is a U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory Operated by Midwest Research Institute •Battelle • Bechtel Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337

May 2000

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NREL/SR-500-27545

Avian Risk Behavior and Fatalities at the Altamont Wind Resource Area
March 1998 to February 1999

Carl G. Thelander and Lourdes Rugge
BioResource Consultants Ojai, California

NREL Technical Monitor: Karin Sinclair
Prepared under Subcontract No. TAT-8-18209-01

National Renewable EnergyLaboratory
1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, Colorado 80401-3393
NREL is a U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory Operated by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle • Bechtel Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337

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Table of Contents
1.0 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................. 1 2.0OBJECTIVES......................................................................................................................... 1 3.0 STUDY AREA ........................................................................................................................ 2 4.0 METHODS............................................................................................................................... 2 4.1 BirdRisk............................................................................................................................... 3 4.2 Bird Fatalities ...................................................................................................................... 5 4.3 Scavenging Activities........................................................................................................... 6 5.0PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ................................................................................................ 6 5.1 Bird Risk Behavior .............................................................................................................. 6 5.2 Fatality Searches ................................................................................................................. 7 6.0...