Buildings are extremely deadly for migrating #birds every year, but they can be designed & updated to minimize collisions. https://birdcast.info/news/major-collision-event-in-chicago-4-5-october-2023/
Major bird-window collision event in Chicago, 4-5 October 2023 - BirdCast
Reports from the Chicago, Illinois area indicate that large numbers of birds died in collisions while major migration was occurring in the area on the night of 4-5 October 2023.birdcast.info
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •Mortality for birds from collision with buildings is much higher than most folks realize. Although it’s worth noting that the toll is still vastly lower than deaths from cats.
Data from U.S. Fish & Wildlife. Also, bc it needs to be stated - this is not a post against cats. /2
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •It would be useful to add a line for birds killed by pollution caused directly by fossil fuel emissions, and for bonus points by climate change caused by fossil fuels.
As with many of these sorts of chart, omitting the "status quo" can be seriously misleading. Yes, turbines may kill birds, but we have to also consider how many are being culled now by the alternative.
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in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •one of those well-known things that somehow planners are always surprised by.
Had exactly this experience a long time ago - company builds new office on hill near the sea, two wings with a clear glass joining section in the middle, horrified by stunned gulls dropping onto people entering the lobby.
Couldn’t get the glass replaced by tinted fast enough.
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