Do Solar Panels Attract Birds. It may be that photovoltaic arrays resemble lakes more closely than do mirrors at least to the eyes of birds. Light reflecting off non-metallic surfaces tends to become polarized.
Large arrays of panels may resemble water bodies attracting some bird species. Some approaches being tested include turning off or replacing bright lighting at the sites with LED lights to avoid attracting insects and use of netting to exclude birds from the panel area. But that hypothesis is from a human perspective.
Birds love the shelter provided underneath solar panels and can deposit significant droppings and nesting materials.
It seems that more so than anywhere else floating solar panels attract birds and their droppings. Birds can be killed when they smash into the facilitys solar panels the investigation concluded. One study indicated that insects were attracted to laying eggs on panels as they confused them with water while the shading provided by panels can also attract birds. The other solar farms analyzed by the investigators were of the newfangled trough and solar.