Bird scientist shawn smallwood testified that one large solar farm alone the ivanpah solar panel project in california likely kills 28 380 birds annually.
Birds that die from solar panels.
Billions of birds die annually from collisions with windows communication towers wind turbines and other human made objects.
This is even a problem for solar panel facilities which see up to 138 000 bird deaths per year in the us from collisions with equipment.
Though damage to the solar panels is minimal officials.
One reason is that birds see a reflection of the sky in the object and think they re flying into an unobstructed path.