Called "streamers", solar power plants are causing birds to ignite in midair

They call them “streamers” for the smoke plume that comes from the birds as they ignite in midair while flying over solar plants. Solar plant operators argue that the puffs of smoke commonly seen erupting above the panels is nothing more than insects or bits of airborne trash being ignited by the solar rays reflecting from the panels. Wildlife investigators however, recently reported witnessing an average of one “streamer” every two minutes at a solar power plant in California.

Called "streamers", solar power plants are causing birds to ignite in midair