Audubon Magazine: New Guidelines for Bird-Friendly Design


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Building a new home? Retrofitting an office? Unless you're inspired by caves, the place has got windows. And though they're a coveted commodity, windows can be devastating to birds: around one billion die annually from colliding with glass. "The amount of glass in a building is the strongest predictor of how dangerous it is to birds," according to the American Bird Conservancy (ABC).

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Posted by WILDNEWJERSEY at 12/15/2011 2:00 PM
Categories: Birds
Tags: birds american bird conservancy design bird-friendly design
 

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