It is no secret that millions of birds are killed every year by window strikes in the US. There are numerous tall buildings with highly reflective or mirror glass right here in CT. The situation raises a few questions. Should there be some kind of regulation that limit the use of mirror glass? I doubt that would pass in the current political climate. Should NAS lobby for bird conservation measures? How about CAS? Or COA?? Paul http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20170731/068252.html Sent from my iPhone

The ABC (American Bird Conservancy) has been successful in their efforts to pass legislation requiring bird friendly glass in a number of jurisdictions and there is a bipartisan bill languishing in Congress. COA wrote letters requesting the proposed New London Coast Guard Museum use bird friendly glass but we don't know how that will turn out as the building is still in the design/permitting stage. Kathy Van Der Aue Southport, Connecticut Visit my Blog at http://naturaliststable.wordpress.com On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Paul via CTBirds < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > It is no secret that millions of birds are killed every year by window > strikes in the US. There are numerous tall buildings with highly > reflective or mirror glass right here in CT. The situation raises a few > questions. > Should there be some kind of regulation that limit the use of mirror > glass? I doubt that would pass in the current political climate. > Should NAS lobby for bird conservation measures? > How about CAS? Or COA?? > Paul > > > > > http://lists.ctbirding.org/pipermail/ctbirds_lists. > ctbirding.org/Week-of-Mon-20170731/068252.html > > > Sent from my iPhone > > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/ > mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org >