BACKYARD SECRET – AN ASTOUNDING NUMBER OF BIRDS DIE FROM STRIKING WINDOWS EACH YEAR
backyardwildlifeconnection by Terry W.Johnson
Researchers have found that up to 74 percent of the birds that fly into windows die. In the United States, this translates into as many as a billion birds.
Although this type of mortality takes place throughout the year, many of these mortalities occur during the birds’ spring and migrations.
The list of birds killed includes thrushes, warblers, juncos, raptors, sparrows, tanagers, grosbeaks, hummingbirds, and scores of others.
