Downtown Kansas City: Deathtrap For Birds

Possibly the most sophomoric bit of Eco-activism we've seen around recent Earth Day festivities.

Check our activist colleagues unable or unwilling to understand the difference between causation & correlation . . .

Over the past six years, dozens of volunteers have checked buildings in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, and other areas for birds that die after hitting glass.

They’ve tallied nearly 1,900 carcasses — a small sample of what scientists say is a much larger problem.

Scientists estimate that more than 1 billion birds die each year in the U.S. by slamming into human-made structures. Spring and fall migration are particularly vulnerable times for the creatures, including the many millions that fly through Kansas and Missouri on their journeys.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Kansas City buildings kill a lot of birds, but they don't have to. This group has a fix

Johnson County Community College is one example of a local institution where employees are taking steps to prevent birds from flying into windows