I applaud the attention and efforts to do something about this. However I also believe that this effort starts with us. Getting business and other organizations to take action is a process that takes time, but all of us TODAY can be part of the solution by putting up cord, tape, netting screens, etc., on our own home windows. There are a number of effective solutions. How many of us have done that?
Also we should insist that the nature centers we support should do the same, as there is absolutely no excuse for a nature center to allow this to happen. Richardson Nature Center (where I have volunteered with their raptors for the last 5 years) finally hung cords on the windows this past spring after I insisted on it. I was very upset that they didn't seem to take the problem seriously or understand how they should be setting the example for others. I was ready to resign over it. I think it's easy for overworked and underfunded nature center staff to not prioritize a few dead birds here and there, but those of us who care about this issue need to step up and do something (be vocal, offer to donate/volunteer toward the effort.) After all if we don't, who will? Monitoring is certainly important, but I don't see how we can expect people who are not in the birding community to care about this issue unless we set the example ourselves, and that starts with our own home windows. I'd like to challenge everyone who has had a window strike at their home this year to do something about it today! It's not easy to change what goes on in the rest of the world, but you can control what happens in your own back yard. Liz On Mon, October 6, 2014 09:38, Laura Erickson wrote: > There are also huge numbers hitting windows in Duluth, at houses and > businesses, and also at the new Duluth International Airport. It's a > horrible mess. I'm trying to collect data about bird strikes right in > Duluth, and would appreciate it, if you hear from Duluthians mentioning > finding injured or dead birds, if you let them know about this new website > I put together this weekend to start collecting data. We also need to > get a Lights Out program, and people getting out collecting dead and > injured birds at first light (when there's a chance some of them can be > helped). http://birdcollisions.blogspot.com/ > > > Best, > > > Laura Erickson > Duluth > > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 7:14 AM, Uwe Kausch <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> I was mowing my field yesterday and witnessed HUGE numbers of >> warblers...mostly Yellow Rumps. Unfortunately, many are getting killed >> along highway 61 and other roads along the North Shore. I also saw >> large numbers of Robins and Turkey Vultures, along with a few Bald >> Eagles. >> >> >> Uwe Kausch >> Duluth Township >> >> >> >> >> >> ---- >> Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >> Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html >> >> > > > > -- > Laura Erickson > Duluth, MN > > > For the love, understanding, and protection of birds > > > There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. > There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of > nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the > winter. > > âRachel Carson > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > -- Liz Stanley Bloomington, MN [email protected] Backyard weather and feedercam: http://www.overlookcircle.org/ Photo gallery: http://www.pbase.com/gymell/liz_favorites Follow me on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/lizmstanley ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
