Marc, I hope you don't have a repeat of yesterday's disaster. Could you send me a photo of your office building? I might be able to offer more immediate remedies in the event it does.
I attached the American Bird Conservancy's *Bird Friendly Building Design*guidelines, which contains numerous mitigation measures for problematic buildings. Your situation with the trees and berries next to mirrored glass is particularly unfortunate. Let's hope you have a better day today. Candace Cornell Cayuga Bird Club Conservation Action Committee On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 12:48 AM, Candace Cornell <[email protected]> wrote: > Marc, > > I got your post too late to help you today. I am sorry for the awful day > you had. What a shame that happened to the waxwings. As Geo suggested, try > to get rid of the berries, which might be attracting the waxwings. Without > seeing the building, I'm guessing the trees reflect in the mirrored glass, > giving the illusion of a woodland where in reality there is glass. Removing > the trees or substituting non-mirror glass or another material in the > elevator are the best, but expensive solutions. > > This won't help you tomorrow, but perhaps in the weeks to come. Breaking > up the solid expanse of glass with tape can prevent collisions. > http://www.abcbirdtape.org > > What town do you live in? I am part of a bird collision study surveying > the Cornell campus for possible collision prone buildings such as your > office building. Your data will be useful to us as well. > > Can you estimate how many birds died today by your office? Overnight? > Where all the victims Cedar waxwings or were other species mixed in? What > side of the building is the elevator on and how many stories are there in > the building? > > If you want technical guidelines for mediating problematic buildings, > please let me know. > > Many thanks. > Candace > > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Rustici, Marc <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Our facility has a mirrored elevator shaft in the wooded courtyard. >> Today this has become a tower of death to a flock of cedar waxwings. They >> are flying into it and many are dying. To make matters worse there is a >> tree with berries that have probably fermented close by. >> >> >> >> Does anyone have a quick and inexpensive solution? We have one black >> silhouette of a raptor on the lower part of the building but clearly that >> is not working..... >> >> >> >> Help is appreciated. >> >> >> >> Marc C. 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