Selected Comprehensive Websites on Bird-Window Collisions in North America Researching/Policy Making
- Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP)
- American Bird Conservancy – Glass Collisions
- BirdSmack.com, Tim O’Connell (OSU) – Issues, Summaries and Solutions
Research Papers via Internet:
- Nature.com – Light pollution is Greatest Within Migration Passage Areas for Nocturnally-Migrating Birds Around the World
- US Fish & Wildlife Service – Best practices for Data Collection in Studies of Bird-Window Collisions
- The Condor: Ornitological Applications – Bird-building collisions in the U.S.: Estimates of Annual Mortality and Species Vulnerability
Window Films
- The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds – Why Birds Hit Windows and How you Can Prevent It
- BirdWatchingDaily.com – Prevent birds from hitting windows with these products
- American Bird Conservancy – Stop birds from hitting windows
- TwinCities.com – For Vikings stadium’s bird safe glass, 3M might have a solution
- In addition to films, tempura paint can be effective in the right situation; Christine Sheppard of American Bird Conservancy wrote a short summary of its effectiveness
Glass
- Orilux – Bird Protection Glass
- Carnegie Museum of Natural History – Research that’s being done on creating glass that birds can see and still is pleasing to the human eyes
American Institute of Architects and American Architectural Foundation
- In partnership with the American Architectural Foundation, the first-ever National Urban Ecosystems was held September 28-29 in Oklahoma City, OK
- American Institute of Architects Bird-Friendly Building CEUs are available
Natural History
- National Geographic magazine – Migration path animations of seven birds along with natural history of migration
- NOAA – National Mosaic Weather Radar Loops (Migratory Birds Signatures)
- Naturebits.com – Observing Birds on Weather Radar
- Smithsonian.com – How Bird Migrations Show Up Beautifully on Doppler Radar
- Hint.fm – National Wind Map
- Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation – Oklahoma Neotropical Migrants
- Audubon.org – Why do birds matter
- Audubon magazine – Portraits of Bird-Strikes by Miranda Brandon
Bird-Safe Building Design
- Minnesota Audubon – Bird Safe Buidings
- American Bird Conservancy – Bird Friendly Building Guide