Up to 1 BILLION birds die every year in the United States after colliding with windows. Will you please help our songbirds fly south safely by fixing one problem window?
Learn why birds fly into windows and easy ways to prevent collisions at home from Madison Audubon's Brenna Marsicek.
Register now: sossaveoursongbirds.org/webinar
There are two time options: Noon and 7:00 pm.
Sponsored by: WI Bird Conservation Partnership, Madison Audubon, SOS Save Our Songbirds, Winnebago Audubon
PRESS RELEASE:
Winnebago Audubon urges homeowners to prevent bird-window collisions as fall migration begins
Free Aug. 23 webinar provides 3 easy options to stop the deadly fall-out plus a follow-up meeting to see samples and discuss options on Aug. 27
Oshkosh, Wisconsin - Millions of songbirds hatched in Wisconsin over the summer will fly south for the first time starting in September, and Winnebago Audubon is asking area residents to act now to prevent the migrating birds from colliding with home windows.
Window collisions are a major threat to bird populations and one reason why many favorite songbird species have declined significantly over the past 50 years. Research has shown that nearly 1 billion birds die every year in the U.S. after colliding with windows, nearly half of them home windows.
Winnebago Audubon is joining together with other bird groups to offer two free webinars on Aug. 23, 2023, to demonstrate three easy ways that residents can fix home windows to prevent bird collisions. The webinars are free and offered at noon and at 7 p.m. on that date. Register now at https:// sossaveoursongbirds.org/webinar
Winnebago Audubon is offering a follow-up to the webinar on Sunday, August 27 from 3:00-4:00 pm in the Community Room at the Oshkosh Food Co-op, 155 Jackson St., Oshkosh. You will be able to see samples of the options that help prevent bird-window collisions; ask questions; get advice; and a chance to win one of the 10 window collision tape kits.
The webinar will be presented by Brenna Marsicek, who coordinates Madison Audubon’s Bird Collision Corps volunteers who monitor buildings during spring and fall migration to document birds killed in collisions with windows. Corps members work with building owners to address the most problematic windows.
Marsicek, also Madison Audubon’s director of communications, will talk about why birds collide with windows and which windows are likely the biggest problems. She'll demonstrate three easy ways to prevent collisions: dot decals, a curtain of paracord hanging on the outside of the window, and using tempera, or washable paint, to make a design on the outside of the window to break up reflections. She'll also cover why some methods don't work well, like using a single silhouette of a raptor or a few decals placed on the inside of a window.
The webinar is part of the “Stop the Fallout From Window-Collisions” campaign this fall by the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Partnership, a collaboration of 180 conservation groups and allies committed to sustaining Wisconsin's birds.