[Ocees] Participate in our Bird Building Collision Monitoring Project!

[Williams, Kelly]

Hi OCEES,
Please share information on our Bird-building Collision monitoring program! We hope to engage the University in a community science project! Info is below!


Participate in our Bird-building Collision<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1RsOXiAjOCfydtWEjUODyIC8K9oB7Jwf3f4I9XFXS_is%2Fedit&data=05%7C02%7Cocees%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cfe71f379691f4f0efe6808dc4e8cfdd2%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C638471614657479516%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1sxDXWO1hGbnJhXUKgqEBsNKEClelTAmJ23qnXWb0mM%3D&reserved=0> Monitoring Program on OU Athens Campus

  *   Did you know that approximately 1 BILLION birds die each year from collisions with windows and buildings?
  *   Birds collide with glass because they see the world differently than people do.
  *   Bird building collisions are a leading cause of mortality in birds and we can do something about this conservation issue!
  *   There are many tools to prevent bird building collisions and associated mortality.
  *   Determining what buildings and glass surfaces contribute to bird collisions is a first step in reducing mortality.
  *   Our lab is monitoring several buildings on OU’s Athens Campus including Porter, Grover, Walter Field House, Walter Hall, Ping, Tanaka, Carr, Sowle, Luchs, Clippinger, New Chemistry Building, Alden, Irvine, Schoonover, Heritage
  *   You can help us by signing up to monitor additional buildings on campus<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fspreadsheets%2Fd%2F1RsOXiAjOCfydtWEjUODyIC8K9oB7Jwf3f4I9XFXS_is%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing&data=05%7C02%7Cocees%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cfe71f379691f4f0efe6808dc4e8cfdd2%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C638471614657479516%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qEwfecMejavK5%2BvPNMbzk8C%2FWDP2JOc7imJSBZvWyTE%3D&reserved=0>, recording data from your efforts and bringing any dead birds you find to Irvine 018. Click on the link to get started today!
  *   While we hope we don't find dead birds, any birds we recover are frozen then made into museum specimens.
  *   You can find out more about Bird Building Collisions and how to prevent them at the American Bird Conservancy
  *   Get started by signing up to monitor a building on the sign-up sheet then finding your way to Irvine 018 to pick up paper bags.
  *   The bags have information on how to record your data.
  *   If you find a dead bird, please drop it off in the bag that day so we can preserve the specimen. It is important to get the bird into the freezer as quickly as possible. We check the box twice a day!

Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks!

Kelly W.
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Kelly Williams, Ph.D.
Pronouns: she/her
Rush Elliott Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
318 Irvine Hall
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
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