The severe concerns have been raised over the deaths of birds worldwide. According to one study, about 3 billion birds have been killed in the US and Canada alone in the last 50 years. The reason of these birds death are not the hunting cats or other animal, Rather, man-made glass windows in high buildings in the city.
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You agree birds are affected from glass windows in high building ?
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Yes
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No
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This is so sad, but recently I saw a video with a simple solution. Using a white glass marker you should draw vertilcal lines on the windows. Not sure how many people would do this, but it could prevent birds from hitting the glass.
Yeah , this is also good idea…! Thanks ellie
Interesting post, thank you for sharing.
Thank you bradley…..
So true, they used to come and dash against our polished glass window and one bird died before we decided to change the glass to normal wooden windows.
Very well said Dawn. Thank you
You are right. Human species is the biggest threat to other species.
Yeah , thank you mohan …..
wow.
So this article is incorrect.
1. Windows are not the top killer of birds. Domestic Cats kill more birds globally than windows do. 2. power lines kill more birds than windows
3. feral cats kill more birds than domestic cats
http://theconversation.com/wind-farms-are-hardly-the-bird-slayers-theyre-made-out-to-be-heres-why-79567
please check your facts. It is very misleading to publish information as fact, that well isn’t’
The source above represents a valid information source.
I was wondering that when I read it. I thought I had heard that cats were the number one killer. Thanks for the clarification Doc.
disinformation always scares me when it is public,
There is nothing disinformation , every look it at different direction.
This is complete and utter disinformation.
There are at least 20 scientific studies that show that windows aren’t even in the top 8 reasons birds die.
As an author, you have a responsibility to provide accurate information.
Sir , I would not argue with you but this is one the big reason , the high building and the glass window .
For your reference.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/windows-may-kill-988-million-birds-year-united-states
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/stop-blaming-cats-as-many-as-988-million-birds-die-annually-in-window-collisions/2014/02/03/9837fe80-8866-11e3-916e-e01534b1e132_story.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/08/americas/bird-building-collisions-scli-intl-scn/index.html
congrats. They say today that cats kill more than 9 billion birds a year. You information is incorrect.
The rankings (what kills birds) puts windows at best 4th
I gave you a link and posted 4 more links that show the facts. in no study are windows put ahead of cats.
Again as an author, you are responsible for publishing information that is correct.
Yes, cats kill quite a lot of birds, however, so do glass windows…
The NZ woodpigeon sometimes hit a glass window and needs to retrain itself to fly which takes 6 -8 weeks because they have concussion and forget how to fly
Yes , buildings g;ass windows are the prime reason of killing birds
if the glass is opaque and non-reflective, the birds can avoid it
Yeah agree with you Alex …
but it probably costs too much
That’s true, but we have left with too few birds and cats are not the reason.
Yes, this is the point of discussion , and i agree with you
Over here humans are still the main predator of birds.
Yes in some countries still the human is the main predator of birds.
That is a big problem with birds that live in big cities when they run into very tall skyscrapers. It’s too bad no one has thought about what can be done to avoid this.
In fact this is big problem all where and there must some solution to it
That is a sad story. But there is nothing one can do about it
If there is well there is also a way , what we can do , we should avoid high building or avoid using to much glass in it .
It is only talk, talk, talk but no walk.
Many birds will fly into the glass.
and the glass is the basic reason of this
Yes, birds frequently hit glass and many die because of it.
Yes , there must be some solution to it