NEWS BRIEFS
Collisions and Birds: Links to Further Information
William P. Mueller, WBCI Issues Committee Chair
Resources from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Clear the Way for Birds! IMBD Explores Bird Collisions http://www.fws.gov/birds/documents/Collisions.pdf
The Danger of Plate Glass – Understanding and Avoiding that Painful Thud http://www.fws.gov/birds/documents/Glass.pdf
The Trouble with Towers – A Guide to Bird Collisions at Communications Towers http://www.fws.gov/birds/documents/tower.pdf
A Fine Line for Birds – A Guide to Bird Collisions at Power Lines http://www.fws.gov/birds/documents/powerlines.pdf
“Lights Out!” Programs and Related Links
Avoiding bird/window collisions – Fatal Light Awareness program http://www.flap.org/new/diurnalfr.htm
Terrain.org - A Journal of the Built and Natural Environments - on Chicago’s “Lights Out!” Campaign http://www.terrain.org/articles/15/kousky.htm
Chicago Bird Collision Monitors http://www.birdmonitors.net/
Chicago Audubon and “Lights Out!” http://www.lightsout.audubon.org/
Other resources
Wisconsin Night Guardians for Songbirds (WIngs) http://www.wihumane.org/wildlife/wings/default.aspx
American Bird Conservancy - Window collisions and birds
Bird Conservation Network, Bright Lights, Big Cities: Lights and Windows are the Deadliest Hazards for Birds
- http://www.bcnbirds.org/window.html