Are your windows safe for your feathered friends?
Our Save the Songbirds focus this month is on Safe Windows.
Did you know that trees reflected on your windows look different to birds than they do to us? Birds don't see the glass and have no way of knowing that they are in for a collision; they only see the trees and a safe passage.
By making a few simple changes, you can easily and affordably make your windows safe for your neighborhood birds. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has provided a list of easy solutions to bird strikes.
Our songbird population is decreasing and one way to help bring them back is to create safe windows. Read on for more information.
https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/these-diy-home-improvements-will-help-save-birds-this-spring/
7 Simple Actions to Help Birds
A study*, published September 2019 in the journal Science, found that the population of breeding birds in the US and Canada has dropped by nearly 30% (or 3 billion birds) since 1970. Go here to learn more about 7 Simple Actions you can take to help birds.
We encourage you to spread the word about how we can all help. Be sure to share this information and use the hashtag #SaveTheSongBirds.
*The study is a collaboration between avian and conservation scientists, led by Ken Rosenberg from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and American Bird Conservancy.