How Can I Help Make My Building Bird-Safe?

People in charge of facilities can do the following:

• Minimize or preferably extinguish night lighting (lighting visible through exterior windows and exterior vanity lighting) between the hours of 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. during migration periods; mid-August through October and mid-March through May.
• When lighting is necessary, utilize motion-detectors to control lights.
• Re-schedule night cleaning to reduce the amount of time lights are needed.
• Re-program timers to fit hours of operation and cleaning.
• Reduce perimeter lighting.
• Install CollidEscape or Bird Screens on lower-level windows, or use solar reflective blinds or curtains to reduce daytime collisions. To view effective installations of these products, click here.
• Install lower-intensity lighting.
• At night, move activities requiring light to interior rooms and use low-intensity task lighting like desk lamps.

To find out how you can register your building as a Bird Safe Building, click here! You can also learn more about organizations in our community participating in the Bird-Safe Building Program.

Other cities have already committed to collision prevention, reducing the number of bird deaths by 80%! Click here to learn more about bird-safe building design from the Birds and Buildings Forum.