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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.
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
Sheril Kirshenbaum
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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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Jody
Jody
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this is why the city of South Miami put forward requirements that buildings had to have tinted glass to protect migrating and local birds.
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Pierric
Pierric
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i saw a toot some time ago that warned against that us wildlife data source as the study in question was questioned long ago, yet it keeps popping up. The core argument when it comes to wind turbines is still absolutely relevant, but it seems the point about cats is likely to be massively overstated.
Couldn't find the toot again unfortunately 🤷‍♂️
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Christian Schwägerl
Christian Schwägerl
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@ingalls Sorry to spoil, but please try to follow thru to the source material by US Fish and Wildlife. It‘s a seriously outdated estimate not backed by any current data. I‘m not making a specific claim here about the real numbers etc. it‘s just that this often-used statistic is garbage and should not pass Statista‘s quality control.
@Mark Ingalls :pdx_badge:
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Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈
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Anti-Humans pretending to care about dead birds when they only care about themselves.
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National Meme Board of Alberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
National Meme Board of Alberta 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
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Here’s a good org in Toronto trying to reduce collisions with tall building…bird collisions are peaking right now during the fall migration 😞​
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minerva koenig
minerva koenig
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#cats who aren't wild or feral should be kept indoors, and outdoor colonies should be managed with #tnr. It always blows my mind that people let their pet cats free-roam and then are 'heartbroken' when s/he is run over, attacked by dogs, injured, infected, or lost. They deserve better from us. So do the birds.
#cats #tnr
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🇳𝗮ꜟ𝖼𝘩
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Is that a lot? Seems to be a bit of a pointless statistic without context.
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LZonjee
LZonjee
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The biggest killing fields for birds are agriculture and urbanization+ human infrastructure. But cats are easier to target and to pretend the solution to it all is Keep Your Cats Indoors.
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mmalc
mmalc
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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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annie gray
annie gray
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This is why I'll never again have an outdoor cat. She's quite content inside.
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Xenotar
Xenotar
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it must qualify "birds" killed by each item. e.g. "Birds" killed by cats are urban birds, vultures, condors, eagles, seaguls are killed by wind turbines
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Greg
Greg
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it _should_ be a post against cats (or their owners for not 'taking measures')
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Schafstelze
Schafstelze
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but even cats are not endangering birds. Mostly it is 'modern' agriculture and destruction of habitats. But those birds aren't counted, because they don't exist.
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Sérgio Machado
Sérgio Machado
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ummm and dogs ? Had a dog that appreciated very much birds …
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BashStKid
BashStKid
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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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Finerthanfroghair
Finerthanfroghair
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Deer are slaughtered daily on the highways. As time moves forward the smart deer who look both ways will live on to breed a smarter, more cautious offspring. The deer who walk into traffic will become a food source for the birds smart enough to avoid windmills. Ahh..the circle of life.
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Sheril Kirshenbaum
Sheril Kirshenbaum
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@thunderzone We do this on our windows at home & it seems to help.

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