[TN-Bird] Re: Window strikes
- From: "Boves, Than James" <tboves@xxxxxxx>
- To: "Aborn, David" <David-Aborn@xxxxxxx>, "tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2011 16:29:04 +0000
Here is a German study; unfortunately the body is in German, but the abstract
is in English. Apparently shows ornilux UV-glass panes as being highly effective
http://www.windowcollisions.info/public/ley-2006_uv-vogschutzglas.pdf
Than Boves
Knoxville, TN 37996
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Aborn, David [David-Aborn@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 12:01 PM
To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TN-Bird] Window strikes
The leading researcher on this topic, Daniel Klem, estimates that 1 billion
birds may be killed each year from window collisions. I know there are a
number of window coatings and stickers, but I have never seen any good reviews
as to how effective they are. I keep a database of birds I find killed or
stunned on campus, and I plan to use the data to propose using some of UTC’s
Green Fee money to purchase and install such products to reduce collisions. I
want to know how effective they are first, especially since the products I have
seen are not cheap. Just FYI, I find most of my casualties in September and
October, and Common Yellowthroats and Swamp Sparrows are the most common
casualties.
David Aborn
Chattanooga, TN
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Behalf Of Boves, Than James
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 11:45 AM
To: tn-bird
Subject: [TN-Bird] Bird-safe glass
This product is still pretty new in the United States, but it seems like a
great solution to a very severe problem - likely over 1 million birds killed/yr
Not sure how much it costs to retro-fit buildings, but if and when new windows
are needed, it seems like the way to go!
http://www.ornilux.com/
Than Boves
Knoxville, TN 37996
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Robert Biller [xyon42@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 11:09 AM
To: tn-bird
Subject: [TN-Bird] Campus Causalities (RE: Lincoln's Sparrow)
David,
I wonder how big a problem this is every year? I work at East Tennessee State
University in the evenings and have encountered the same issue of
window/building kills. This past spring, Fred Alsop and I were asked to look at
this "yellow" bird that was dead outside the Campus Center Building. It was a
beautiful Prothonotary Warbler that had been killed the night before. Also,
last Tuesday I found an injured Tennessee Warbler with what I would guess was a
broken wing. It was running/hopping only and not even attempting to fly. I
would assume it is now dead too. Fred told me that this happens some every
year. Wonder if there is something to be done to help this not to happen as
much? I suppose it would be too expensive though to even try...
Rob Biller
Elizabethton, TN
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:00 AM, Aborn, David
<David-Aborn@xxxxxxx<mailto:David-Aborn@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
6 October 2011
Hamilton County, TN
Among the window casualties on the UTC campus this morning was a Lincoln’s
Sparrow. I posted that I banded a Ruby-crowned Kinglet yesterday; the wintering
birds seem to be coming in early.
David Aborn
Chattanooga, TN
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