Chirp Chat: how to save a bird's life

Up to one billion birds die from building collisions every year in the U.S. In downtown Milwaukee alone — hundreds of birds die from flying into glass buildings each year.  But one local program is working to change that.  Wisconsin Night Guardians for Songbirds, also known as WINGS, has volunteers document bird collisions downtown during spring and fall migration. They bring injured birds they find to the Wisconsin Humane Society’s Wildlife Rehab Center. All of the data WINGS volunteers gather is used to better understand the scale of collisions and help building managers reduce them.  Amanda Tokuyama is the GIS and field data manager at the Urban Ecology Center, and Maggie Steinhauer is the research manager at the Urban Ecology Center. They speak with Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez for this month’s Chirp Chat about the WINGS program.