Robins Nest On Moving Solar Arrays
The more the panels tilt, the taller the robins built
BirdNote · BirdNote
March 12, 2026
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Show Notes
Solar panels are a popular source of renewable energy, but large groupings of them — called arrays — can take up a lot of space. Chelse Prather, an ecologist at the University of Dayton, wanted to know how wildlife are using the habitats underneath two arrays in Ohio. The first site was a fixed