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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

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I put it in a small box for several hours, where it appeared to recover, but studies have shown that internal injuries from a strike usually kill the bird. Photographs of window-killed birds from Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Copyright © 2021 Daniel Klem, Jr. The more glass, the more bird kills. ©2012 Donna L.

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The Elusive Goal of Bird-Safe Skyscrapers

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Each year, millions are injured or killed when they slam into the sides of glass-sheathed buildings that reflect the sky. In the meantime, research into ways to make buildings safer for birds is ongoing. Full disclosure: I see this carnage every spring and fall, as I volunteer with Chicago Bird Collision Monitors.)

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Birding Hongbenghe, Yunnan

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A Barred Cuckoo-Dove showed somewhat atypical behavior or had not read its eBird entry about it being “seldom seen out in the open … quick to flee when approached” Of course, Hongbenghe, Yunnan is quite far away from Chicago. ” The Common Green Magpie fortunately does not look common at all.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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He pointed out that Illinois had been sadly neglected up to this point, so Redgannet made a special visit to Chicago to redress this oversight. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). 301 N Virginia Dare Trl, Kill Devil Hills US-NC (36.0166,-75.6573). Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access).

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