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Re: "Only you can prevent window kills."

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Sherry Peruzzi

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 18 May 2004 18:39:56 -0400

People *are* trying to do something about it, but they need support.
Chicago actually has a Lights Out program that encourages building
managers to dim the lights in office buildings at night during spring
and fall migrations -- perhaps we could work to bring the program to
Baltimore and/or Washington.

See these websites:

      Bird's Eye View of the Migratory Bird Route:
http://www.cityofchicago.org/Environment/BirdMigration/

     FLAP (Fatal Light Awareness Program):  http://www.flap.org/

     Science Blog has some statistics from the study:
http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2002/F/20022503.html


Sherry






Robert Anderson wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> Building Kills are a real issue that is killing 100s of millions of
> birds a
> year needlessly. See article URL below.
>
> When I worked downtown near Union Station in the Hall of the States in
> the
> early 90s some days in the Fall I would come to work to find several dead
> warblers and other species at the bottom of the building (almost EVERY
> DAY!
> for a few weeks)..
>
> I was so upset I went and talked to building management but they were not
> able to do anything about it. The entire building had that reflective
> class
> which made it aesthetically pleasing but a death trap to migrants.
>
> In homes and some buildings you use a falcon silhouette that you commonly
> see but I do not know of any organizations that are trying to encourage
> prevention on a larger scale with skyscrapers?
>
> I assume there are eco friendly architects that know about this. They
> ones
> that do not do anything probably consider the fatalities analogous to
> road
> kill and a shame that cannot be prevented.
>
> Does any one have any thoughts or solutions?
>
> Here is an article about it.
>
> "Plate glass blamed for billion bird deaths a year"
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4134773/
>
>
>
> If you can prevent "window kill or Building kill" at your house or
> office,
> do it!
> Warping a famous line "Only you can prevent window kills."
>
> Thanks for your input and listening.
>
> Rob in DC
>
>
>> From: Jenny Mcclintock <>
>> Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding <>
>> To: 
>> Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Sad bird morning
>> Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 19:55:19 +0000
>>
>> Oh no!  I can see how that would happen since the Hyatt is entirely
>> made up
>> of reflective glass, which would be quite confusing to the poor things!!
>> Now I HATE that Hyatt building (and all others like it)!!!
>>
>> Thanks for the insight Bob.
>>
>> Jenny
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> >    Window kills are not uncommon in downtown Baltimore.
>
>