IT’S US OR THEM: UK wind turbine kills rare bird – white-throated needletail – sighted only 8 times in UK since 1846. “What’s an environmentalist to do — a) support wind energy, or b) save endangered and rare species of birds? Reminds me of the joke about the young boy who says to his father, ‘Dad, I want to grow up and be a musician.’ The father says, ‘Well, son, you’re going to have to make a choice.'”