Bird appears to smoke after flying through solar beams at Ivanpah solar plant A bird appears to smoke after flying through concentrated solar beams, known as "solar flux," at the Ivanpah Solar Power Plant in 2016, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. (U.S. Geological Survey) NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles! SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. – Regulators are allowing an Obama-era "clean energy" solar plant to continue operating even as its reflected solar beams kill thousands of birds each