Author: Michael

Glass windows are a marvel of human engineering–clear, nearly invisible sheets of sturdy material that let us bring natural light into closed structures. Yet beyond the walls of bright and airy buildings, windows become something else: A threat to wildlife.  Birds don’t understand glass. They haven’t been taught to recognize the structural cues indicating a pane is present, like a rectangular frame or door handle. Instead they often try to fly through it, seeing the open space behind a window as more habitat, or interpreting the reflection in the glass as reality. Don’t judge them too harshly for it, humans…

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