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Expert Says Glass Is Major Threat to Birds

Posted by michael on from the fly-slower dept.

dlkf writes "According this AP article, 'Glass is ubiquitous and it's indiscriminate, killing the fit and the unfit... estimates (are) that collisions with glass kill up to 1 billion birds a year in the United States alone.' First wind turbines and now glass. What will they come up with next..."

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  1. Legislation is the answer by Catskul · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ban Glass !
    The greedy Glass manufacturing Corperations are out to ruin our envrionment !.

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  2. Birds? by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 4, Funny
    What about people? Doesn't everybody here have at least one relative/friend who this has happened to?

    In any event, this doesn't affect me. My cats will take down anything within a 100-ft radius of the house, so my windows stay thud-free.

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  3. Re:not much can be done about this by cujo_1111 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you have anything to stop the kangaroos too? :)

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  4. Re:and killing birds is bad... why? by ocelotbob · · Score: 5, Funny

    I dunno. I love birds. A little bbq sauce, an open flame, delicious.

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  5. Another reason not to use Windows! by Ron+Bennett · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..."smart" birds avoid running Windows ;)

    Ron