Rare bird spotted in U.K.--and you'll never guess what happened next

You can't make this stuff up.

A couple of bird-watchers in the U.K. spotted a bird that hadn't been seen there in 22 years--and only the 9th time since 1846.  Supposedly the fastest flier in the bird world.  So really a cool critter.

Word spread quickly, and birders from all over the U.K. started heading for the site.  Over 40 had arrived and were watching as...as the poor bird was killed by a wind turbine blade.

As I said, if you made this up it would sound too contrived for anyone to believe it.

One wonders whether this event might possibly cause fans of wind power to re-examine their "solution" to energy production.

Sorry, don't know what I was thinking there.