Not to mention that there’s a whole host of natural causes, like predators, disease, etc. The vast majority of challenges birds face are not “man-made”.
swr: No. The standard picture window silhouette takes up about one square foot, an inch at a time. If you put it just outside the panel, it still works, but does not shade even that much. Thousands of birds are killed annually flying into skyscrapers. Start your campaign where the greater damage is.
Birds flying into wind turbines is myth perpetuated by people who don’t want turbines in their neighborhoods. Window strikes kill between 10 and 100 times as many birds as windmills, but nobody is calling for a ban of windows.
hippogriff over 10 years ago
treesareus: They wouldn’t if you didn’t put duck decoys on them. Try falcon silhouettes like on picture windows.
thomgeno over 10 years ago
Not to mention that there’s a whole host of natural causes, like predators, disease, etc. The vast majority of challenges birds face are not “man-made”.
Hawthorne over 10 years ago
That’s more or less what I came here to say. You beat me to it, thomgeno, but you can have that worm. I’m trying to cut down! lol!
hippogriff over 10 years ago
swr: No. The standard picture window silhouette takes up about one square foot, an inch at a time. If you put it just outside the panel, it still works, but does not shade even that much. Thousands of birds are killed annually flying into skyscrapers. Start your campaign where the greater damage is.
sleeepy2 over 10 years ago
Birds flying into wind turbines is myth perpetuated by people who don’t want turbines in their neighborhoods. Window strikes kill between 10 and 100 times as many birds as windmills, but nobody is calling for a ban of windows.