Table 2. Estimated fatality rate (birds/megawatt(MW)/year) and confidence interval calculated for small birds in studies of bird collisions at wind energy facilities that provided all-bird estimates only in their report, along with estimator, all-bird rate and confidence interval, and multiplier value a .
Project name byavifaunal biome | Estimatorused | All-bird fatalityrate estimate(MW/year) | All-birdConfidenceinterval | Multiplier | Calculated small-birdfatality estimate(MW/year) | Calculated small-birdConfidenceinterval |
Eastern Biome | ||||||
Buffalo Mountain (2000–2003) | Naïve | 11.02 | 0.88 | 9.65 | ||
Buffalo Mountain (2005) | Naïve | 1.10 | 0.88 | 0.98 | ||
Casselman (2008) | Shoenfeld | 1.51 | 0.90–4.00 | 0.88 | 1.33 | 0.53–2.34 |
Casselman (2009) | Shoenfeld | 2.88 | 2.67–6.44 | 0.88 | 2.52 | 1.56–3.76 |
Cohocton/Dutch Hill (2009) | Jain | 1.39 | 0.88 | 1.20 | ||
Cohocton/Dutch Hills (2010) | Jain | 1.32 | 0.88 | 0.69 | ||
Locust Ridge II (2009) | Shoenfeld | 0.84 | 0.88 | 0.74 | ||
Locust Ridge II (2010) | Shoenfeld | 0.76 | 0.88 | 0.66 | ||
Mountaineer (2003) | Shoenfeld | 2.69 | 2.41–8.33 | 0.88 | 2.36 | 1.41–4.87 |
Munnsville (2008) | Jain | 1.48 | 0.88 | 1.30 | ||
Ripley (2008) | Environment Canada | 3.09 | 0.88 | 2.70 | ||
Sheldon (2010) | Shoenfeld | 1.76 | 1.66–3.88 | 0.88 | 1.54 | 0.97–2.27 |
Sheldon (2011) | Shoenfeld | 1.57 | 1.46–3.36 | 0.88 | 1.38 | 0.85–1.96 |
Intermountain West Biome | ||||||
Big Horn | Huso | 2.54 | 2.59–7.54 | 0.78 | 1.97 | 1.34–3.90 |
Harvest Wind (2010–2012) | Huso | 2.94 | 4.93–10.00 | 0.78 | 2.28 | 1.66–3.37 |
Leaning Juniper | Huso | 6.66 | 6.19–15.66 | 0.78 | 5.17 | 3.20–8.10 |
Pebble Springs | Huso | 1.93 | 2.34–8.89 | 0.78 | 1.50 | 0.86–3.29 |
Summerview (2006) | Environment Canada | 1.06 | 0.78 | 0.82 | ||
Tuolumne (Windy Point I) | Shoenfeld | 3.20 | 4.89–11.57 | 0.78 | 2.49 | 1.72–4.08 |
White Creek (2007–2011) | Huso | 4.05 | 7.64–12.12 | 0.78 | 3.14 | 2.58–4.09 |
Northern Forest Biome | ||||||
Lempster (2009) | Shoenfeld | 3.38 | 3.75–9.78 | 0.81 | 2.73 | 1.52–3.96 |
Mars Hill (2007) | Jain | 1.67 | 0.81 | 1.33 | ||
Mars Hill (2008) | Jain | 1.76 | 0.81 | 1.43 | ||
Stetson Mountain I (2009) | Jain | 2.68 | 0.81 | 2.17 | ||
Stetson Mountain I (2011) | Jain | 1.18 | 1.54–1.99 | 0.81 | 0.96 | 0.83–1.07 |
Stetson Mountain II (2010) | Jain | 1.42 | 1.91–2.37 | 0.81 | 1.15 | 1.03–1.28 |
Pacific Biome | ||||||
High Winds (2004) | Shoenfeld | 1.62 | 0.67 | 1.08 | ||
High Winds (2005) | Shoenfeld | 1.10 | 0.67 | 0.73 | ||
Prairie Biome | ||||||
Barton I and II | Shoenfeld | 5.50 | 8.00–16.09 | 0.68 | 3.73 | 2.71–5.46 |
Kewaunee County | Shoenfeld | 1.95 | 0.68 | 1.33 | ||
Moraine II | Shoenfeld | 5.59 | 3.58–15.22 | 0.68 | 3.79 | 1.62–6.88 |
Pioneer Prairie I (phase II) | Shoenfeld | 0.27 | 0–1.35 | 0.68 | 0.18 | 0–0.55 |
Prairie WindsND1/Minot (2010) | Shoenfeld | 1.48 | 1.74–3.33 | 0.68 | 1.04 | 0.82–1.56 |
Top of Iowa 2003 | Shoenfeld | 0.42 | 0.68 | 0.29 | ||
Top of Iowa 2004 | Shoenfeld | 0.81 | 0.68 | 0.57 |
References for the studies listed in this table may be found in Appendix S1.