Posted on 09/20/2021 2:49:55 PM PDT by devane617
Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City this week died after crashing into the city’s glass towers, a mass casualty event spotlighted by a New York City Audubon volunteer’s tweets showing the World Trade Center littered with bird carcasses.
This week’s avian death toll was particularly high, but bird strikes on Manhattan skyscrapers are a persistent problem that NYC Audubon has documented for years, said Kaitlyn Parkins, the group’s associate director of conservation and science.
Stormy weather Monday night into Tuesday contributed to the deaths, she said.
“We had a big storm and sort of weird weather and lots of birds, and that’s sort of the perfect combination that can lead to bird-window collisions,” Parkins said.
“It seems that the storm might have brought the birds in lower than they would have otherwise have been, or just disoriented them,” Parkins added. “The effects of nocturnal light on birds is also quite strong, especially when it’s a cloudy night.”
Volunteers with NYC Audubon document bird deaths at high-risk spots during the spring and fall migrations.
Melissa Breyer, the volunteer who tweeted about finding nearly 300 birds on sidewalks surrounding the new World Trade Center towers, said the experience was “overwhelming.”
“As soon as I got to the buildings, the birds were everywhere on the sidewalk,” Breyer said. “Looking north, covered, south, covered, west, covered, the sidewalks were literally covered with birds.”
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At least it wasn’t Bodega Bay.
I guess Isil had better re-think their latest plans.
That’s nothing compared to the amount of birds sliced and diced by the ‘green’ windmills that pollute the land.
and thousands were killed flying into wind turbines...
…. But happy cats!
Literally...
Don’t forget the solar panels!
“I was the shadow of the waxwing slain
By the false azure in the windowpane;
I was the smudge of ashen fluff -and I
Lived on, flew on, in the reflected sky.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire
While looking for other articles on the subject, I ran across this one. In 2019 the city approved regulations regarding the type of glass for future construction.
That doesn’t seem to solve today’s problems tho.
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/12/20/new-york-city-bird-bill-glass-buildings/
Back when the towers stood, someone was detailed every morning during migration season to pick up bird carcasses from the plaza.
skyscrapers should be outlawed to protect the migration of wildlife...
They panicked when one was heard chirping - I tawt I heard a puddy tat
2 hit our Living room window this summer and both died . Next door Neighbor has bird feeders and sometimes the birds chase each other and boom broken neck
Having seen Audubon “volunteers” at work during Christmas and other bird counts in Gateway National Recreation Area back in the 80s and 90s, I wouldn’t put much stock in what they report. In the winter, the main interest appeared to be in consuming wine and during the summer, glassing the nude beaches seemed paramount.
AND happy rats as well as cats.
Natural selection. The dumb ones get weeded out and the species gets stronger.
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