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A City of Glass Towers, and a Hazard for Migratory Birds
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Glass and trees can be a deadly combination for New York City's migratory birds, according to a September 2009
Northeastern Naturalist article written by former NYC Audubon staff Yigal Gelb and Nicole Delacretaz
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New York Times City Room: When Birds Collide, With Buildings:
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The three deadliest buildings in NYC for bird collisions are the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Javits Convention Center and Bellevue Hospital Center
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A Bird Collision in Our Midst
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A hawk collides with the glass atrium of the New York Times building, reminding employees of how common such accidents are in the city.
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David Sibley
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Spring News and Events
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Assignment Earth - Mon Jan 14, 10:54 AM ET
Architects and Conservationists in New York City seek building designs that are less hazardous to birds.
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Volunteers Help Study The Safety Of Birds
The Tribeca Trib
Several times a week, Denise Trezza and Kellie Quinones are up by 6 a.m. watching for birds in Battery Park City. Dead birds
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Tens of millions of birds migrate ... every year, most of them at night. But our bright and shiny skyline creates many hazards for them.
WGN Chicargo
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Glass—An Unintended but Catastrophic Hazard for Birds
Animal Welfare Institute Quarterly
Wild birds are killing themselves by flying into buildings, power lines, cell, radio and television towers, and motor vehicles.
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Long Perilous to Visiting Birds, Building Receives a Makeover
NY Times
Audubon’s Project Safe Flight. From 2002 to 2006, volunteers recorded 862 crashes involving 66 different species
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Dawn Patrol: Birds, Dropping
THE NEW YORKER
The injuries are similar to what you would experience in a car crash if you hit the windshield at thirty miles an hour.
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Blinded by the Light
By Lee Dye Special to ABCNEWS.com
Data Shows Night Lighting in Buildings Kills Birds
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City Lights, a Siren's Song for Birds, Are Dimmed
New York Times By PAM BELLUCK
NOTE: To see archived N Y Times articles you will have to create a member account on the site
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The Glass Trap
Metropolis, April 2001 By Gersh Kuntzman
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Audubon News
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Billions of migrating birds rush over North America twice a year, seeking winter homes. Nearly a hundred species pass directly over Manhattan Island
Orion Magazine
Wall Street Losses, Wall Street Gains by Anne Matthews
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Turning off building lights reduces bird window-kill by 83%
Field Museum
scientists release data from two-year study.
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Skyscrapers turn out lights to save migrating birds, Story by Andrew Stern.
REUTERS NEWS SERVICE
volunteers in Chicago, New York and Toronto - where the
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