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David Sibley: "Green Buildings" Should Save Energy and Migratory Birds  Click here  Spring News and Events
  • Assignment Earth - Mon Jan 14, 10:54 AM ET  PSF  Architects and Conservationists in New York City seek building designs that are less hazardous to birds.
  • 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.
    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.
    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.
    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
    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  "The tall buildings can in a single night, can kill hundreds of birds," says Dr. Doug Stotz
    Blinded by the Light  By Lee Dye Special to ABCNEWS.com  Data Shows Night Lighting in Buildings Kills Birds
    Light Pollution Taking Toll on Wildlife, Eco-Groups Say:  National Geographic Today  Turning off the lights saves energy—and it can help save wildlife as well.
    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.
    The Glass Trap  Metropolis, April 2001 By Gersh Kuntzman  
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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
    Turning off building lights reduces bird window-kill by 83% !  Field Museum  scientists release data from two-year study.
    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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