Why are Glass Buildings Bird Killers? (and how to stop it from happening)



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Work Cited:
[1] Hager, Stephen B., Heidi Trudell, Kelly J. Mckay, Stephanie M. Crandall, and Lance Mayer. “Bird Density and Mortality at Windows.” The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120, no. 3 (2008): 550-64. doi:10.1676/07-075.1.
[2] O’Connell, T. J. “Avian Window Strike Mortality at a Suburban Office Park.” Raven 72 (2), 2001, 141-49.
[3] “Bird Friendly Best Practices.” Bird Friendly Development Guidlines. July 2016. Accessed July 15, 2019. https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/8d1c-Bird-Friendly-Best-Practices-Glass.pdf.
[4] “Human Health.” International Dark-Sky Association. November 17, 2016. Accessed July 16, 2019. https://www.darksky.org/light-pollution/human-health/.
[5] Craig, Christopher, Bayne, and Erin. “A First Estimate for Canada of the Number of Birds Killed by Colliding with Building Windows.” Avian Conservation and Ecology. September 30, 2013. Accessed July 16, 2019. http://www.ace-eco.org/vol8/iss2/art6/.
[6] “A Million Birds Die in Toronto Every Year, and She’s Trying to save Them | CBC Radio.” CBC News. November 14, 2017. Accessed July 16, 2019. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/travel-disasters-1.4389603/a-million-birds-die-in-toronto-every-year-and-she-s-trying-to-save-them-1.4391137.
[7] “Protect Birds at Home.” FLAP. Accessed July 16, 2019. https://www.flap.org/residential_new.php.
[8] American Bird Conservancy. “Bird Friendly Building Design.” ABC Birds. April 2015. Accessed July 15, 2019. https://abcbirds.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bird-friendly_Building_Guide_WEB.pdf.
[9] “World’s Population Increasingly Urban with More than Half Living in Urban Areas | UN DESA Department of Economic and Social Affairs.” United Nations. Accessed July 16, 2019. https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/news/population/world-urbanization-prospects-2014.html.

Images:
Untitled by Austin Marshall. CC BY 3.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/oxtopus/3477072593/
Flaticon by Freepik. https://www.freepik.com/

Music:
Chill Urban by Frank Nora. Public Domain.

Keywords:
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