Window Collisions
Most of us have heard that dreaded thump of a chicken hitting our window. In the course of the peak of fall migration in North America, an estimated 4 billion birds must navigate by cities, neighbourhoods, and different constructed environments as they head again south for the winter. With city centres increasing, and the usage of glass on buildings, railings, bus shelters and walkways changing into extra frequent, birds will proceed dying at an alarming fee if we don’t velocity up our response to those collisions. A latest 2024 examine discovered that over 1 billion birds succumb to accidents brought on by bird-window collisions. Collectively, we may help change this and be certain that our feathered-friends arrive at their wintering grounds safely by collaborating in International Fowl Rescue, both as a person or with a crew.
A stay Yellow Warbler within the hand, rescued after colliding with a window in downtown Toronto (Photograph: Yuki – Save Birds Toronto)
Be a part of us for International Fowl Rescue: September twenty third – twenty ninth, 2024
International Fowl Rescue, September 23-29, 2024, is an annual occasion held by FLAP Canada in partnership with Nature Canada, that encourages everybody to seek for and rescue birds injured from collisions with glass. Anybody can take part and make an impression! International Fowl Rescue Groups and people from all over the world take to the streets to seek for and rescue injured birds, whereas recording window collisions on the International Fowl Collision Mapper. The information collected throughout this occasion, and all yr spherical, evokes residence and office bird-safe retrofits throughout the globe. The occasion is graciously sponsored by Feather Pleasant® and Niagara Motion for Animals.
The International Fowl Collision Mapper
Each chicken reported onto the International Fowl Collision Mapper throughout International Fowl Rescue (and the remainder of the yr!) helps us additional perceive the bird-building collision difficulty and push for bird-safe retrofits on harmful buildings.
The International Fowl Collision Mapper (birdmapper.org) permits a registered consumer to report the species, location, time and standing of the chicken they get well, wherever on the planet. This group science instrument reveals each collision on its interactive GIS map, offering invaluable information.
Different methods to assist throughout International Fowl Rescue
Make your home windows bird-safe
Do you know nearly all of chicken collisions occur at low story buildings like houses and cottages? Make your home windows bird-safe by following these window marker pointers to be sure to don’t have any collisions at residence this fall. There are merchandise obtainable like Feather Pleasant ® DIY Tape, Acopian BirdSavers, and even DIY choices like tempera paint, tape, and even cleaning soap. Each window we make bird-safe is a big step in direction of defending birds.
Fowl-safe laws and retrofits
Pushing for bird-safe laws will be certain that we proceed to guard birds. Attain out to your native member of provincial parliament, Metropolis Councillors, and allow them to know in regards to the difficulty, and that you prefer to them to assist bird-safe laws. Encouraging retrofits on industrial buildings with identified window collisions is one other incredible approach to assist. Have you ever witnessed chicken collisions at your office? Attempt reaching out to the constructing supervisor to allow them to know that retrofitting the constructing will save numerous birds’ lives.
Flip lights off at evening
As birds migrate at evening, they use the celebrities to information them. Vibrant lights from city centres can draw birds astray. As soon as in these city areas, they danger colliding with glass. Do you could have outdoors pot lights? Do your neighbours? Attempt turning these pointless outside lights off throughout migration in spring and fall, to assist birds by-pass harmful cities.
Dim the lights for birds at evening! Indoor and outside lights at evening can draw birds into city centres. In the course of the day, birds collide with glass attempting to succeed in mirrored habitat.
Report Buildings with Nature Canada & FLAP Canada’s Fowl-Pleasant Constructing Survey
Assist us gather data on buildings and their efforts to be bird-friendly. The Fowl-Pleasant Constructing Survey gives a approach to observe bird-friendly buildings throughout the globe by showcasing their designs! This survey additionally acts as a database for figuring out downside buildings the place quite a few birds are identified to collide. In the case of lowering collisions, the last word purpose is to have buildings handle the difficulty of collisions by treating their home windows and glass facades with efficient visible markers.
You can also make a distinction!
Each single particular person may help shield birds from deadly collisions with glass. Taking part in International Fowl Rescue and serving to injured birds, making your house home windows bird-safe, pushing for bird-safe laws, telling your folks, neighbours, co-workers and household in regards to the difficulty, are all nice methods to make a distinction. Yearly FLAP Canada picks up hundreds of birds. Collectively, we will scale back these numbers and save chicken lives.
Register now to take part and take a look at our webinar with Nature Canada to study extra!