Advocacy groups in Chicago and around the United States are asking the public for help as millions of birds take to the skies for their annual migration south.
Building management are also asked to use motion-sensitive lighting in buildings, and to dim lobby lights in the early morning when bird flights are at their highest.
In addition to turning off lights and drawing blinds to protect birds from being drawn in by clear glass, activists with Chicago Bird Collision Monitors are asking for the public’s help in rescuing birds injured in collisions with buildings.. If comfortable doing so, residents are also asked to place the bird in either a clean, unwaxed paper bag or a cardboard box, with paper towels on the bottom.
Residents are then asked to close the box or bag, and to place the item in a safe, dark, quiet place until the bird can be transferred to a wildlife rehabilitation specialist. Birds are extremely light-sensitive, and if subjected to darkness, they will tend to either relax or to fall asleep entirely. Air holes are not required in bags or boxes, and residents are asked not to open the box to check on the health of the bird.in the United States, with one route following the Mississippi River Valley toward the Gulf of Mexico. Other routes fly along the Rocky and Appalachian Mountains, as well as the coast of California, according to the Audubon Society., according to the Chicago Audubon Society.
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