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Are your designs safe for birds?
The examples below are
NOT.
Not
every architect, builder and designer needs to pay attention to the
problems causing birds to die at buildings. There are some
design styles that are inherently bird-safe. Review the examples below
to see if yours are part of the problem.
Special Note: Just because no one has complained to you
about dead birds at buildings you've designed or built does not mean
no birds have been injured or killed. It just means has no one told
you about it.
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OPEN
PATHWAYS.....or
flyways as birds would call them.
Do your designs include see-through
lobbies?
Can you look in one window and out
another?
Birds will fly into these windows.
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REFLECTIVE
GLASS
is especially
dangerous for birds. Trees from even hundreds of yards away can
appear crystal clear in the window.
And above the tree reflections there
is sky - equally deceptive..
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SKYLINE
REFLECTIONS
Some of the most deceptively-bad
glass structures are ones that reflect neighboring buildings
when the sun is at a certain angle.
For birds, the reflections are real.
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ALL
GLASS
STRUCTURES
If birds can see through it, they
will fly into it.
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FLAT
GLASS
-- beautiful to look at and deadly for birds when the building
looks just like the sky, especially when clouds are passing by.
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SPECIAL
STRUCTURES
like pedestrian overpasses, small huts, and glass railing. Add
to this the clear glass bus stops that are so popular.
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COURTYARDS
are wonderful -- and dangerous for birds if the greenery is
reflected in plain glass.
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