There was an excellent diary today by Jerome a Paris, "Energy - some good news (for once)" on wind power. A lot of comments were on the impact wind towers may have on bird populations. Seeing the level of concern that seems to be out there, I thought some attention should be called to a much more serious issue for birds: the hundreds of millions of killed each year by flying into glass windows. (With some suggestions on what you can do to make your own home windows more bird friendly.)
As to why I think this topic is worth posting on a political blog: I think that energy policy is going to become one of the core political issues of the next few years. As Jerome's diary discusses, wind power is one of the best alternatives we have to fossil fuels. But as his diary also shows, any discussion of wind power raises a lot of questions about the vulnerabilities of bird populations.