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CTV NEWS
ARTICLE
Canadian urban skies turn lethal for migratory birds. An unintended but fatal flaw in the design of building glass has contributed to the deaths of millions of birds in Canada.
PEERJ
ARTCILE
Bird protection treatments reduce bird-window collision risk at low-rise buildings within a Pacific coastal protected area
CBC
ARTICLE
'It was awful': Spring migration has begun and fatal bird strikes are on the rise.
BIRD SAFE GLASS
EXPLAINED
Video series by Walker Glass Company Ltd. with Dr. Daniel Klem Jr., Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology, Muhlenberg College, PA. Each video is only a few minutes long.
THE WILSON JOURNAL
OF ORNITHOLOGY
A recent estimate of the number of birds lost due to glass collisions.
SARNIA
THIS WEEK
Article from Sarnia & Lambton County This Week with Western University Ph.D. student Brendon Samuels.
Photo by: Mike Hensen/The London Free Press
SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Research on glass and light concerning bird strikes
BIO ONE COMPLETE
Bird–building collisions in the United States: Estimates of annual mortality and species vulnerability research paper.
AVIAN CONSERVATION & ECOLOGY
A first estimate for Canada of the number of birds killed by colliding with building windows.
AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
Year-round monitoring at a Pacific coastal campus reveals similar winter and spring collision mortality and high vulnerability of the Varied Thrush.
ECOJUSTICE
COURT CASE
Precedence setting legal decision for bird building collisions.
GLOBAL
BIRD RESCUE
Annual event that utilizes citizen science to log bird building collisions.
LIGHTS OUT FOR BIRDS
ANIMATED SHORT
Short video illustrates the dangers of bright lights at night and how it directly relates to bird-window collision.
INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY ASSOCIATION
Outdoor lighting basics and recommendations to minimize the harmful effects of light pollution
CONSERVATION MAGAZINE
How porch lights can endanger migratory birds, drawing them off course and putting them at risk of exhaustion, injury and death.
TORONTO STAR ARTICLE
"Do Your Part To Protect Migrating Birds This Spring" opinion article by Priya Ramsingh.
GLOBE AND MAIL ARTICLE
"The loss of three billion birds in North America is the canary in the coal mine" by David Bird.
CNN
ARTICLE
"Up to 1,500 birds may have flown into Philadelphia skyscrapers -- in a single day" by Giulia Heyward and Saeed Ahmed.
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