Comments on: Windows Kill http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/07/10/windows-kill/ A Bird Blog with Kate St. John Fri, 24 May 2013 15:23:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Cara http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/07/10/windows-kill/comment-page-1/#comment-18256 Cara Tue, 17 Jul 2012 12:26:50 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=521#comment-18256 Windows are deadly for many, many birds and the first thing that needs to happen to help solve this problem is raising awareness. Yes, millions of birds die every year because of striking glass, but people don’t seem to know enough about it! I had the pleasure of working on a project this year which is aimed at testing and developing methods to help provide a solution, and it’s being conducted in our own backyard- just an hour outside of Pittsburgh at the Powdermill Nature Reserve. http://www.carnegiemnh.org/powdermill/tunnel.html

And we’re finding very interesting things! And I just wanted to share this with everyone, so people do know that there are other options for bird safe windows that are showing to be quite effective. http://www.ornilux.de/cms.asp?Sprache=en

And here’s one last link, to a page from American Bird Conservation on the subject http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/collisions/glass.html

]]> By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/07/10/windows-kill/comment-page-1/#comment-14469 Kate St. John Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:18:47 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=521#comment-14469 Received this email with a NYTimes link from Lily today (15 Sept 2011):
Hey Kate,
In case you haven’t seen this article today: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/15/nyregion/making-new-yorks-glass-buildings-safer-for-birds.html?_r=1&hp
Cheers!
- Lily

]]> By: Kate St. John http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/07/10/windows-kill/comment-page-1/#comment-4524 Kate St. John Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:28:30 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=521#comment-4524 Dr. Klem is still collecting window-kill data. If you find any window killed birds, please report them to Dr. Klem via his web page at http://www.muhlenberg.edu/depts/biology/faculty/klem.html
From his page, click on the Acopian Center for Ornithology, then Birds and Windows.

]]> By: Nancy J http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/07/10/windows-kill/comment-page-1/#comment-1902 Nancy J Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:44:56 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=521#comment-1902 I’ve been researching this issue since Sky’s death… it seems like there is nothing that can be done for a commercial building with reflective windows that are already in place that would not be prohibitively expensive and difficult to keep in line with the professional, businesslike image such places want to display. I’ll keep looking, though.

My workplace has one visual “fly-through” in its main entryway that has a lot of non-reflective glass. I’m going to see what we can do about that, because it does claim a few birds each year — and those are just the ones I see.

]]> By: Kate StJ http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/07/10/windows-kill/comment-page-1/#comment-1842 Kate StJ Thu, 10 Jul 2008 19:05:40 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=521#comment-1842 Sorry to hear your building has window-collision issues. Feel free to send the link.

]]> By: Kristen http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/2008/07/10/windows-kill/comment-page-1/#comment-1840 Kristen Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:07:48 +0000 http://www.wqed.org/birdblog/?p=521#comment-1840 I recently wrote to building management at Pitt after watching three robins try to land on the “trees” in the first floor windows in the space of 20 minutes. Fortunately they all seemed to fly off unharmed. (I mentioned Sky’s death in hopes that might spur them to action.) May I send them a link to this entry?

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