Glassy Death: The Menace of Glass Walls to the Bird Population

摘要

Modern architecture makes use of glass in some manner and form whenever a place can be found for it. Such glass walls or windowpanes, however, represent a serious source of danger to birds. If the relevant literature is reviewed, the authors find again and again, just in recent years, articles dealing with this problem. The most dangerous bird traps in this connection are probably glassed-in connecting passageways between two parts of a building. Possible remedial actions are discussed. (ERA citation 03:038024)