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Study shows bird flight paths past two wind farms proposed for Bass Strait

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A world-first study of migratory bird movements across Bass Strait has found the birds are moving directly through areas designated by the federal government for two offshore wind farms. Monash University researchers studying Tasmania’s boob owl have for the first time investigated its flight migration path from Victoria to Tasmania, tracking the birds via satellite and…