Friday, March 1st at 1:00 PM in Olin 1, Colby College
Title: Avian mortality at windows: fatal impacts that are an important environmental issue for birds and people.
Speaker: Daniel Klem, Jr., Professor of Biology, and Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology, Acopian Center for Ornithology, Department of Biology, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18104-5586 USA
ABSTRACT. – Except for habitat destruction, a vast and growing amount of evidence supports the claim that collisions with sheet glass and plastic in residential, commercial, and educational buildings cause the deaths of more birds than any other human-associated avian mortality factor. The toll on bird populations is estimated in the billions worldwide. Conservation, ethical, and legal reasons justify preventing these unintended and unwanted fatalities that responsible human action can minimally mitigate and ideally eliminate. The speaker will provide an overview on this compelling environmental topic having implications for academic disciplines that include: among others, architecture and engineering, biology (especially conservation, ecology, and environmental science), business and economics, law, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. Moreover, the current state of knowledge and the most effective means of preventing bird-window collisions will be presented.
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