Window Collisions
Most of us have heard that dreaded thump of a chook hitting our window. In the course of the peak of fall migration in North America, an estimated 4 billion birds must navigate via cities, neighbourhoods, and different constructed environments as they head again south for the winter. With city centres increasing, and using glass on buildings, railings, bus shelters and walkways changing into extra widespread, birds will proceed dying at an alarming charge if we don’t pace 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 might help change this and be certain that our feathered-friends arrive at their wintering grounds safely by taking part in World Hen 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 (Picture: Yuki – Save Birds Toronto)
Be a part of us for World Hen Rescue: September twenty third – twenty ninth, 2024
World Hen 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 affect! World Hen Rescue Groups and people from world wide take to the streets to seek for and rescue injured birds, whereas recording window collisions on the World Hen Collision Mapper. The info collected throughout this occasion, and all 12 months 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 World Hen Collision Mapper
Each chook reported onto the World Hen Collision Mapper throughout World Hen Rescue (and the remainder of the 12 months!) helps us additional perceive the bird-building collision difficulty and push for bird-safe retrofits on harmful buildings.
The World Hen Collision Mapper (birdmapper.org) permits a registered consumer to report the species, location, time and standing of the chook they recuperate, wherever on the planet. This group science device reveals each collision on its interactive GIS map, offering invaluable knowledge.
Different methods to assist throughout World Hen Rescue
Make your home windows bird-safe
Do you know nearly all of chook collisions occur at low story buildings like properties 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 accessible 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 the direction of defending birds.
Hen-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 want to them to help bird-safe laws. Encouraging retrofits on industrial buildings with recognized window collisions is one other incredible method to assist. Have you ever witnessed chook collisions at your office? Strive 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 celebs to information them. Brilliant lights from city centres can draw birds astray. As soon as in these city areas, they danger colliding with glass. Do you have got outdoors pot lights? Do your neighbours? Strive turning these pointless out of doors lights off throughout migration in spring and fall, to assist birds by-pass harmful cities.
Dim the lights for birds at evening! Indoor and out of doors 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 Hen-Pleasant Constructing Survey
Assist us acquire data on buildings and their efforts to be bird-friendly. The Hen-Pleasant Constructing Survey affords a technique 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 recognized to collide. In the case of decreasing collisions, the final word objective is to have buildings deal with the problem of collisions by treating their home windows and glass facades with efficient visible markers.
You may make a distinction!
Each single individual might help shield birds from deadly collisions with glass. Taking part in World Hen Rescue and serving to injured birds, making your own home home windows bird-safe, pushing for bird-safe laws, telling your pals, neighbours, co-workers and household in regards to the difficulty, are all nice methods to make a distinction. Yearly FLAP Canada picks up 1000’s of birds. Collectively, we will cut back these numbers and save chook lives.
Register now to take part and take a look at our webinar with Nature Canada to study extra!
