![]() ![]() ![]() You might have heard about the worrisome outbreak of bird flu currently sweeping through domestic poultry and wild bird populations in the U.S. If you have a bird feeder, make sure to clean it regularly to reduce the chance of disease transmission.You can check out The Audubon Society's Lights Out program for more information.Īudrey Nguyen, the reporter of this story, birdwatching in Dillon Reservoir in Colorado in August of 2021. "So one of the things that you can help with, especially during migration, is to turn off any lights that are not used," Chu advises. Bird collisions also happen during the daytime, because birds can't see glass. Lights will draw birds close to buildings, and sometimes, they collide. And as they go, they're attracted by light," says Chu. Turn off lights you're not using, especially at night and during times of high migration.adding a window screen or some kind of netting, set at least a couple inches from the window. putting up window film with dots or lines.ģ. making DIY acopian blinds with string or parachute cord.Ģ. To make your windows more visible to birds, you can try:ġ. The American Bird Conservancy estimates 44% of bird window strike fatalities occur at homes or other buildings that are 1 to 3 stories tall. "A lot of people think that those collisions are occurring on high rise buildings, but most of the collisions are occurring at the lower levels of these high rise buildings," says Hallager. Window collisions kill up to a billion birds every year in the U.S. Make your windows more visible to birds to help reduce collisions.A northern parula, stunned by a large window in North Carolina. ![]()
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