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Window Collisions

Birds can’t see glass. Reflections of vegetation or sky makes the problem worse. Up to one billion birds die every year colliding with windows.

Fortunately, this problem can be addressed. Simple, effective window treatments – window screens,  commercial film or Acopian Bird Savers – will save birds. Treating just one window can make a difference.

Check out the following sources for easy, inexpensive, effective window treatments to keep your local birds safe. And please treat your windows to save birds.

Feather Friendly

Acopian BirdSavers

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A Simple Window Treatment Drastically Cuts Bird Collisions at a Chicago Landmark

peregrine window kill
This Peregrine Falcon was killed by colliding with an office building window (photo source unknown).
Hermit Thrush - Nathan Roth
High numbers of Hermit Thrushes migrate through Driftless forests twice a year. As a group, thrushes are considered “super colliders,” hitting untreated windows more frequently than other groups of birds. Photo by Nathan Roth.