Avian Reports Published by NREL

Below is a list of NREL-published documents on avian issues. These reports are also available in the Wind-Wildlife Impacts Literature Database (WILD). The following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

An Assessment of the Impacts of Green Mountain Power Corporation's Wind Power Facility on Breeding and Migrating Birds in Searsburg, Vermont (PDF 990 KB)

Avian Hearing and the Avoidance of Wind Turbines (PDF 716 KB)

Avian Monitoring and Risk Assessment at the San Gorgonio Wind Resource Area. Phase I Field Work: March 3, 1997 - May 29, 1998; Phase II Field Work: August 18, 1999 - August 11, 2000 (PDF 1.34 MB)

Avian Monitoring and Risk Assessment at the Tehachapi Pass Wind Resource Area; Period of Performance: October 2, 1996 - May 27, 1998 (PDF 1.2 MB)

Avian Risk and Fatality Protocol (PDF 40 KB)

Avian Risk Behavior and Fatalities at the Altamont Wind Resource Area (PDF 1.6 MB)

Avian Use of Norris Hill Wind Resource Area, Montana (PDF 2 MB)

Baseline Avian Use and Behavior at the CARES Wind Plant Site, Klickitat County, Washington (PDF 3.7 MB)

Bird Mortaility at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area: March 1998 - September 2001 (PDF 5.7 MB)

Bird Risk Behaviors and Fatalities at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area: Period of Performance, March 1998—December 2000 (PDF 1.4 MB)

Comparison of Avian Responses to UV-Light-Reflective Paint on Wind Turbines (PDF 1 MB)

Development of a Practical Modeling Framework for Estimating the Impact of Wind Technology on Bird Populations (PDF 358 KB)

Minimization of Motion Smear: Reducing Avian Collisions with Wind Turbines (PDF 1.1 MB)

National Wind Technology Center Site Environmental Assessment: Bird and Bat Use and Fatalities-Final Report (PDF 930 KB)

Overview of the U.S. Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory Avian Research Program (PDF 57 KB)

A Pilot Golden Eagle Population Study in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, California (PDF 54.5 MB)

Ponnequin Wind Energy Project: Reference Site Avian Study (PDF 1.2 MB)

A Population Study of Golden Eagles in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area: Second Year Progress Report (PDF 16.9 MB)

A Population Study of Golden Eagles in the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area: Population Trend Analysis 1994-1997 (PDF 588 KB)

Preliminary Assessment of Potential Avian Interactions at Four Proposed Wind Energy Facilities on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (PDF 1.4 MB)

Response of Red-Tailed Hawks and Golden Eagles to Topographical Features, Weather, and Abundance of a Dominant Prey Species at the Altamont Pass Wind Resource Area, California (PDF 1 MB)

Searcher Bias and Scavenging Rates in Bird/Wind Energy Studies (PDF 418 KB)

Status of Avian Research at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (PDF 386 KB)

Status of the U.S. Department of Energy/National Renewable Energy Laboratory Avian Research Program (PDF 160 KB)