Fw: [IBLE] Birds Hitting Windows

["james.d.mcintyre" <james dot d dot mcintyre at worldnet dot att dot net>]

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ruthanngreene 
  To: ible@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 8:20 AM
  Subject: [IBLE] Birds Hitting Windows


  After all the discussion on this issue, I thought there might be some 
  of you interested in the below article from the Chicago area which 
  includes links to more info on the subject.

  Ruthann


  Birds die hitting windows, buildings by Sheryl De Vore 
  Pioneer Press 


  Year-round, but especially during migration, many birds fly into
  windows of homes and businesses, some of them getting hurt and others
  perishing. At your home or in small commerical buildings, the birds 
  see
  their reflections in the windows, think it's another bird and fly 
  toward
  it to try to defend their territory -- especially during mating season
  in spring and summer see the reflection of trees or the sky in the
  windows and fly toward them. 

  In addition, thousands upon thousands of birds have been "killed" by
  tall, lit buildings in Chicago along Lake Michigan during spring and
  fall migration. 

  Songbirds like wrens, thrushes, warblers, tanagers and sparrows 
  migrate
  at night, using the Lake Michigan shoreline as a navigatinal tool. For
  an unknown reason, they are drawn to the lights, fly into the 
  buildings
  and meet their demise. 

  A relatively new program called Lights Out is helping save thse birds'
  lives. Many of Chicago's tall buildings have turned off their 
  decorative
  lights during spring and fall bird migration. Field Museum researchers
  estimate that the program is saving the lives of more than ten 
  thousand
  migratory landbirds each year. 

  Homeowners can help by simply closing their drapes of big picture
  windows during daylight hours, or hanging a silhouette of a hawk or
  other bird of prey on the window. For more information on Lights Out,
  visit www.lightsout.audubon.org. For information on how to keep birds
  from hitting your home's windows, visit
  http://www.flap.org/new/prefr.htm. 

  At the below site there are several other articles that can be 
  acessed through a drop down menu.

  http://www.pioneerlocal.com/cgi-bin/ppo-special?
  specialwhat








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