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Please Help Stop Bird Kills at Government Buildings

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"Kurt R. Schwarz"

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Kurt R. Schwarz

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Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:34:13 -0400

The American Bird Conservancy has issued an alert regarding the Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2010 (H.R. 4797).  You can take quick and painless action to support this bill.  To do so, copy and paste this link into your browser:

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5400/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2696
 
Apologies if this is a duplicate mailing!  If you would prefer to not receive such alerts, please let me know.
 
Kurt Schwarz
Conservation Chair
Maryland Ornithological Society
HowCo
goawaybird at verizon dot net
 
Here's some background from ABC
 
As many as one billion birds, both residents and migrants, die annually in the United States after colliding with buildings. You can help prevent these unnecessary deaths.

A new bill, the Federal Bird-Safe Buildings Act of 2010 (H.R. 4797), calls for each public building newly constructed, acquired, or altered by the federal government to incorporate, to the maximum extent possible, bird-safe building materials and design features. The legislation would require the government to take similar actions on existing buildings where practicable. This has already been demonstrated to be attainable, as some newer government buildings are already bird-friendly. This bill will help prevent the deaths of millions of  birds that collide with windows at thousands of federal buildings across the country.

Take action now by entering your zip code below and then sending the automatically generated email to your Representative asking them to support this bill. Please take some time to add your own personal thoughts and feelings on this important issue to the text we have provided. A little extra time will ensure that your Representative will pay closer attention to the issue.

Thank You!

Dr. Christine Sheppard
Collisions Program Director
American Bird Conservancy