{"id":1394,"date":"2021-09-24T16:08:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T16:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/ecology-sustainability\/window-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T14:25:22","slug":"window-strike","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/ecology-sustainability\/projects\/window-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Window Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">CUES Research Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/ecology-sustainability\/indy-wildlife-watch\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Indy Wildlife Watch<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/ecology-sustainability\/window-strike\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Bird Window Strike<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/ecology-sustainability\/sausi\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">SAUSI: Sustainable Agriculture in Urban Systems of Indy<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/ecology-sustainability\/diversity\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Urban Plant Diversity &amp; Invasive Species Monitoring<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/ecology-sustainability\/past-projects\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Past Projects<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bird Window Strike<\/h1><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Building collisions, and particularly collisions with windows, are a major anthropogenic threat to birds, with rough estimates of between 100 million and 1 billion birds killed annually in the United States.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013Loss et al., 2014<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every year during the fall and spring neo-tropical bird migration, many birds collide with windows because the reflection looks like the sky. Some birds are stunned, but for many of the birds, the result is death. The CUES began conducting a study in Fall 2009 concerning these window strikes, partnering with Lights Out Indy, and continued the study through the spring of 2012.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This project was reinvigorated in spring 2016 by the CUES and Professors\u00a0Shelley Etnier and Travis Ryan with a focus on understanding how building structure and bird biomechanics influence vulnerability to window collisions in different bird species.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get Involved<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Students, faculty, or staff:<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Found\u00a0a &#8216;stunned&#8217; or dead bird on campus?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>A stunned bird is one that appears dazed, is sitting on the ground and not flying away.<\/p><ol class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>Do not attempt to relocate the bird or remove the carcass.<\/li> <li>Note the (general size of bird, color, etc.), where it was observed, and the date.<\/li> <li>If you are able, take a photo.<\/li> <li>Report this information to the <a href=\"mailto:cue@butler.edu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"CUE email\">CUES<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Want to help collect data on campus?\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Contact <a href=\"mailto:jangstma@butler.edu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Julia Angstmann Email\">Julia Angstmann<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Community Organizations:<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Want to partner to monitor your building in Indianapolis?<\/em>\u00a0 Contact <a href=\"mailto:jangstma@butler.edu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Julia Angstmann Email\">Julia Angstmann<\/a> for more information.<\/p><div class=\"butler-accordion-container wp-block-butler-accordion-container\" data-allow-multiple=\"false\" style=\"--butler-accordion-title-bg-hover: ;\">\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tFaculty Leadership\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Professor\u00a0Shelley Etnier,<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Biological Sciences<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Professor Travis Ryan,<\/strong>\u00a0Department of Biological Sciences<\/p>\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tStudent Interns\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Ross<\/strong>, Biology &#8217;20<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Project Title:\u00a0<\/em>Patterns of bird window collisions on Butler University&#8217;s campus.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>McKenna Albers<\/strong>, Biology &#8217;19<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Project Title:\u00a0<\/em>Characterization of Building Aspects which affect Bird Window-Strikes \u00a0(<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/08093129\/albers_window_research_report.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Report<\/a>)<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lauren Goertzen<\/strong>, Biology &#8217;20<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Parker\u00a0Hiday<\/strong>, Biology &#8217;20<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Elissa Peck<\/strong>, Biology &#8217;18<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Project Title:<\/em>\u00a0Bird Window Collision Deaths: The Role of Bird Biomechanics\u00a0 (<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. 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