MAINE PUBLIC • June 3, 2024
Maine Audubon says as many as 988 million birds die each year in the U.S. after accidentally colliding with windows. Nick Lund, advocacy and outreach manager for Maine Audubon, says birds see sky and trees reflected in windows and fly into them. He says a recent study shows most birds don't survive a strike even if they fly away. Lund says any homeowner can apply decals or tape to their windows at a low cost, or use screens year-round to protect birds. And there are now bird-safe windows on the market that can be used in new construction. BirdSafe Maine, a collaboration between Maine Audubon, the University of Southern Maine and the Portland Society for Architecture, works to raise awareness of the bird strike problem and its solutions.