Tag: building bird collisions

New Study Finds Building Collisions Kill A Lot More Birds Than Initially Thought

By Joe Bebon, Editor Aug 9, 2024 Design and Construction

Updated: Aug 9, 2024

Is your facility a bird-friendly building? If not, what steps can you take to help protect the winged wildlife? A research study published in PLOS ONE has uncovered alarming new evidence that building collisions are killing significantly more birds than previously estimated—well over 1 billion annually in the United States alone. The research, conducted by scientists at American Bird […]

Local Building Policies ‘Set an Important Example’ to Prevent Bird Collisions

By Joe Bebon, Editor Aug 15, 2023 Design and Construction

Updated: Aug 15, 2023

A new report reveals how local laws and policies are speeding up protections for birds from deadly building collisions, one of the leading causes of bird mortality. A staggering number of birds are killed by window collisions each year in the United States, with estimates of up to 1 billion. The Law, Ethics, and Animals Program (LEAP) […]