Safe Skies: Bird-Friendly Urban Design

According to the National Institute for Urban Wildlife, it is estimated that anywhere from 100 million to 1 billion birds are killed each year in America by window collisions. How can we best co-exist safely in our built world with avian companions? Join us in this episode as we explore answers to this question and discuss strategies for creating bird-safe backyards, homes, and cities.

Preventing bird collisions: https://madisonaudubon.org/prevent-collisions

Bird migration tool: https://birdcast.info/

(00:03:58) Why do birds collide with windows?

(00:07:48) Bird species most likely to collide

(00:09:42) Survival rate of bird window collisions

(00:14:53) Sharing collision stories

(00:18:21) Bird feeder placement & landscape

(00:21:07) Window treatment options

(00:32:10) What NOT to do

(00:35:01) Window treatments in action in Dane County

(00:39:26) Are wind turbines bird killers?

(00:42:32) Skyscrapers vs low-rise buildings

(00:47:45) Economic benefit of bird-safe cities

(00:51:25) Conducting bird studies

(00:56:55) Sun Prairie Public Library bird study results

(01:00:57) City-wide bird-safe ordinance