Other Project Examples
The following images come from the US Fish & Wildlife Service:
Large windows and doors reflect the landscape, which causes confusion for birds that mistake the glass as open air. Courtesy US FWS, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Karleen Vollherbst
Turning hazards into art! Photographs for window decals of Western grebe, Cinnamon teal and American avocet by Brian Ferguson, and Swainson’s hawk by Patricia Mezza. USFWS/Volunteers.
Courtesy US FWS, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Karleen Vollherbst
- A blue jay in the window decal design https://www.fws.gov/media/blue-jay-window-decal-design
- Service biologists helping install collision-prevention decals, Bridget Macdonald/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/
media/service-biologists- helping-install-collision- prevention-decals - window treatments to prevent bird collisions , Dylan Schneider/National Park Service, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/
window-treatments-prevent- bird-collisions - Dawn Harris, Jenn Urmston, and Kaitlyn Landfield apply window film at Nestucca NWR, Taryn Sutton/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/
dawn-harris-jenn-urmston-and- kaitlyn-landfield-apply- window-film-nestucca-nwr - BearRiverMigratoryBirdRefuge_
VisitorCenter_collisions_ sidedoor_after, Karleen Vollherbst/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/ bearrivermigratorybirdrefugevi sitorcentercollisionssidedoora fter - BearRiverMigratoryBirdRefuge_
vistorcenter_sidedoor_ collisons_before, Karleen Vollherbst/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/ bearrivermigratorybirdrefugevi storcentersidedoorcollisonsbef ore - BearRiverMigratoryBirdRefuge_
collisions_maindoor_after, Karleen Vollherbst/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/ bearrivermigratorybirdrefugeco llisionsmaindoorafter - USFWS Northeast Regional Headquarters and Patuxent.png, Leah Riley and Mason Wheatley/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/
usfws-northeast-regional- headquarters-and-patuxentpng - Bird hit window imprint.PedroRamirez.USFWS_.
jpeg, Pedro Ramirez/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/ bird-hit-window- imprintpedroramirezusfwsjpeg - Maintenance professionals install feather friendly_Hadley MA_Leah Riley_USFWS, Leah Riley, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/
maintenance-professionals- install-feather- friendlyhadley-maleah- rileyusfws - Application of anti-bird strike film on a window, Billings, Brett/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/
application-anti-bird-strike- film-window - Anti-bird strike film, Billings, Brett/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/
anti-bird-strike-film-0 - Anti-bird strike film, Billings, Brett/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/
anti-bird-strike-film-1 - Anti-bird strike film, Billings, Brett/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/
anti-bird-strike-film-2 - Graphic of bird window strike impression up close, Allison Stewart/USFWS, Public Domain, https://www.fws.gov/media/
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Other Case Studies
Leonard, Pat, Glass Action: Advances in the Science of Making Windows Safer for Birds, All About Birds, The Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, January 15, 2013
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/glass-action-advances-in-the-science-of-making-windows-safer-for-birds/
Preventing Glass Collisions, American Bird Conservancy,
Brown, Barbara B., Santos, Sabrina, Hunter, Lia M., Bird‐window Collision Study Manual, Techniques and Practices for Bird‐window Collision Studies, Family & Consumer Studies Department, University of Utah, June 8, 2020, https://web.archive.org/web/20251007025119/https://fcs.utah.edu/_resources/documents/research/bird-strike-data-collection-manual.pdf
It’s Clear—Glass Kills. How to Prevent Bird Collisions at Your Home
May 15, 2025, This webinar, held by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology describes why glass is such a huge threat to birds and how we can all do our part to make our homes safer for our feathered friends!