1 Billion Birds Die in USA Every Year from Flying Into Plate Glass Windows…

February 3rd, 2004

This article presents an astonishing statistic — over 1 billion birds in the USA alone die every year by flying into plate glass windows and skyscrapers that are covered with glass. It turns out there is a solution to this however. A billion bird deaths must be large enough to have a negative impact on bird populations and the entire ecosystem. I think anyone interested in “green buildings” should really think about this issue.

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    I was the shadow of the waxwing slain
    By the false azure in the windowpane;
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  • http://www.lexpoetica.net Laura Jennings

    nice post dkp
    from Skylarks
    VII
    … And they relax, drifting with changed notes
    Dip and float, not quite sure if they may
    Then they are sure and they stoop
    And maybe the whole agony was for this
    The plummeting dead drop
    With long cutting screams buckling like razors
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    Nice stuff you guys!!! Wow poetry on my blog. That’s cool. My mom is actually a poet — professionally — so now everything’s come full circle!

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