The National Zoo is Saving Birds One Window at a Time (Wild Hope)In 2024, a newly formed bird collision prevention team began an effort to make all the zoo’s glass bird-safe — and to encourage its patrons to make similar changes in their own homes.
- The Bird-Safe Buildings Movement Continues to Grow
Audubon chapters, centers, and programs are making buildings and night skies safer to protect migrating birds.
- Wild Hope: Building for Birds
Watch and share the latest episode from Wild Hope, highlighting the important work of the The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City and The Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., to stop bird collisions at their buildings.
- LEED’s Green Building Rules Are Becoming More Bird-Friendly—Do They Go Far Enough? (Audubon Magazine)
The world’s top system for certifying environmentally conscious design is putting more emphasis on preventing bird-building collisions, but critics say it’s still too easy for builders to skip measures that could save avian lives.
- USGS EESC Walks the Walk for Bird Collisions
In July 2024, the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Eastern Ecological Science Center (EESC) at Patuxent Research Refuge wrapped up a project to replace the perforated vinyl film on the windows of the Gabrielson building and replace it with a more aesthetically pleasing, yet protective, bird collision deterrent “dots.”
- Surviving Migration in an Urban Landscape! One Songbird’s Journey (USGS)
This banded Black-and-white warbler was likely headed to its wintering grounds when it struck a building in downtown Newark, New Jersey in September 2023. But she lived to tell the tale!
- Making the Windy City Safer for Birds
BirdNote Co-host Deja Perkins will speak with Douglas Stotz and Judy Pollock about the 2023 mass collision event at the McCormick Center. Co-host Purbita Saha takes us to New York’s Jacob Javits Convention Center.
- New Study Confirms Building Collisions Kill Over One Billion Birds Annually in U.S. (ABC)
Research shows bird deaths from collisions far surpass previous estimates, highlighting urgent need for bird-safe glass retrofits and artificial light reduction measures.
- The Surprisingly Long History of the Movement to Make Buildings Safer for Birds
Documenting the birds injured and killed by flying into buildings is difficult, emotionally draining work. One New York City Audubon volunteer looks to the past to find hope for the future.
- Celebrating Successes in Reducing Bird Collisions (USFWS)
Following the February 2024 Multi-Sector Summit to Address Light Pollution and Bird Collisions, a large collaborative partnership formed to address light pollution and stop bird collisions. Here are just a few examples highlighting the partnerships’ work.
- FGCU Students Design Solution to Deadly Bird-Window Strikes
FGCU’s Ornithology Club partnered with FGCU’s art galleries to create designs on glass at the University to prevent collisions
- 5 Myths About Bird-Friendly Design
Protecting birds is about more than stickers on a window—but it’s also a relatively straightforward sustainability goal. Do any of these common misconceptions sound familiar?
