Hi All, Wanted to share this email about a new citizen science monitoring project out of U. of Alberta.
Marc Devokaitis -----Original Message----- From: Justine [mailto:birdsandwind...@ualberta.ca] Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 5:14 PM To: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Subject: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Website: University of Alberta Birds and Windows Project Hello, The University of Alberta has developed the Birds and Windows Project to study bird window collisions at your home. We encourage everyone to take a look at our website and participate in the study. What is the issue? It has been estimated up to 1 billion birds are killed in North America each year as a result of bird window collisions! This is one of the largest threats to bird populations, with residential homes representing the majority of building-related mortality. Get involved! To better understand what can be done to reduce bird window collisions, the University of Alberta has developed this project to actively involve YOU in data collection. We are asking you to think about bird window collisions you have observed in the past and would like you to regularly search around your residence for evidence of bird window collisions in the future. By collecting this data we hope to identify the factors that make some windows more risky for birds than others. As a citizen scientist you can help! Visit the website for more information: http://birdswindows.biology.ualberta.ca/ Thank you for helping us make our homes a healthy habitat for us and all our neighbors! Please forward this email to any one else you think would be interested. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
