Because I am seeing a lot of emails about this issue, I am forwarding the National Audubon Urgent Action mailing to all in case you haven't seen it. You can hit the red space that says "Take Action" if you choose to do so.
Rebecca Field ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Yarnold, Audubon <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 1:50 PM Subject: Help keep up the pro-bird momentum! To: [email protected] URGENT ACTION: Change glass, save birds. · Trouble viewing this email? Try our web version <http://www.audubonaction.org/site/R?i=VU6xGAQLoM6TQ9mtHGG2sQ>. Dear Rebecca, Great news! More than 30,000 of you responded to our call to ask the Minnesota Vikings to switch to bird-safe glass in constructing their monumental new stadium in the heart of the Mississippi flyway. *But we need to keep up the pressure. Won't you forward this email to friends and colleagues who share your concern for birds? <?subject=URGENT%20ACTION%3A%20Change%20glass%2C%20save%20birds%20&body=The%20Minnesota%20Vikings%27%20new%20stadium%20could%20become%20a%20death%20trap%20for%20birds%20unless%20the%20stadium%27s%20builders%20take%20immediate%20action%20to%20incorporate%20bird%20safe%20measures.%20Stand%20with%20Audubon%20and%20urge%20the%20Vikings%20to%20use%20safer%20glass.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1nzKgkg%20>* Estimates show that the million-dollar investment in safer glass could reduce bird strike mortality by 75 percent or more. That's a huge conservation return on investment on a stadium expected to cost a billion dollars! The controversy has already attracted news coverage from coast to coast — stories have run in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and even on ESPN! *We can win this. Changing to bird-safe is just compassionate common sense.* *Help the builders see the light by forwarding this to your friends! <?subject=URGENT%20ACTION%3A%20Change%20glass%2C%20save%20birds%20&body=The%20Minnesota%20Vikings%27%20new%20stadium%20could%20become%20a%20death%20trap%20for%20birds%20unless%20the%20stadium%27s%20builders%20take%20immediate%20action%20to%20incorporate%20bird%20safe%20measures.%20Stand%20with%20Audubon%20and%20urge%20the%20Vikings%20to%20use%20safer%20glass.%20%20%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F1nzKgkg%20>* David Yarnold President & CEO National Audubon Society [image: Audubon logo | ACTION ALERT] URGENT ACTION: CHANGE GLASS, SAVE BIRDS <http://www.audubonaction.org/site/R?i=fff3UtERFZPgPknnLtzuWQ> [image: arrow pointing at letter] [image: Canadian Warbler John Benson Flickr Creative Commons] <http://www.audubonaction.org/site/R?i=NLlHmKjJaX_N-bVdZ3ISzw> Urge the Vikings and the MSFA to reverse course immediately and use safer glass. Take Action › <http://www.audubonaction.org/site/R?i=tUjHKd_XMniW7B1Q2ICzgA> Dear Rebecca, The Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium could kill thousands of migratory birds unless the stadium’s builders take immediate action to incorporate bird safe measures. At issue is the type of glass being used in the largely-glass exterior of the massive new stadium. Current plans call for a type of glass that birds are less likely to see, thus inviting deadly collisions. Last week the Vikings and the Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority (MSFA) rejected Audubon’s recommendation to use safer types of glass that could help save thousands of birds from fatally colliding with the stadium’s huge windows. Urge the Vikings and the MSFA to reverse course immediately and use safer glass. <http://www.audubonaction.org/site/R?i=bujgnl3FfYMDSVTbUwZ5pw> The cost of using bird friendly glass is less than one tenth of one percent of the overall cost of the new billion dollar stadium. The site of the stadium is less than a mile from the Mississippi River, along which tens of millions of birds fly between their breeding and wintering grounds every year. Unless the Vikings and the MSFA reverse course, the new stadium could become a serious threat to Minnesota’s birds. Please act today to urge the stadium’s builders to make the right choice — use safer glass! <http://www.audubonaction.org/site/R?i=HvWkntKslMkBIe8c0Ui8Ew> [image: photo of David Yarnold] Sincerely, [image: David Yarnold] David Yarnold President & CEO, National Audubon Society Trouble with the “Take Action” links in the message? 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