10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

The first half describes the problem (why birds hit windows, the scale of the deaths, scientific research, what happens when birds strike windows) and the second half discusses what to do about it (community and worldwide education, window deterrent solutions, legal mandates and building codes, citizen science–what individuals can do).

New York City 255

New York City Birds Illinois Science 255

Animal Person

APRIL 17, 2009

Brownell, researcher and author of Food Fight (and co-author of a paper about big food/big tobacco parallels). We pass clean air laws, we tax the heck out of cigarettes, we sue the tobacco industry. In the food arena, a great example of this would be in New York City, where the health department has banned trans fats in restaurants.

New York City 100

New York City New York Industry Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

At least in the northeastern United States, their rate of so doing is high, according to research I summarized here. 2015 was challenging, at best, on a personal level but it was a fantastic year for birds in New York City. Do the same pairs return, if possible, to the same nests after their long winter migration?

2015 185

2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Treaties trump state laws. A great-great nephew of Senator McLean, Greeley spent three years researching and writing this book. Greeley has a historian’s instincts, perhaps stemming from his training as an archivist (though he ended up, he says vaguely, in business and market research).

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147