CFACT Collegian Pearl Beyer attending University of Illinois Chicago hosted a birdhouse painting workshop last week designed to highlight an often-overlooked consequence of wind energy: its impact on bird populations. The two-hour event brought together 9 students at Pearl’s home for a hands-on activity paired with a frank discussion about the dangers wind farms pose to our feathered friends. While painting and assembling birdhouses, attendees learned about the documented toll wind turbines take on wildlife—particularly birds, which are frequently killed by turbine blades operating at high speeds. Estimates suggest turbines in the United States kill between 140,000 and one million birds [...]