1,500 birds died on one day in 2020 from flying into Center City buildings. Bird Safe Philly and Sister Cities Cafe think they have found a solution.
Bird Safe Philly and the Center City District unveiled the installation of a bird-friendly window treatment of exterior glass walls at Sister Cities Cafe on the third anniversary of the deaths of an estimated 1,500 birds that flew into Center City building windows.while colliding with skyscrapers and other buildings on Oct. 2, 2020, in a small section of Center City, drawing international attention and prompting local alarm that gave rise to a new organization, Bird Safe Philly.
Bird Safe Philly, a collaborative of five organizations, raised money to work with the business advocacy group Center City District on the new window treatment. It was made by Ontario-based“We monitor many tall buildings, and people tend to think height is the problem,” said Stephen Maciejewski, a volunteer for Bird Safe Philly who discovered the 2020 mass strike. “But most people were shocked to hear that Sister Cities Cafe, a small one-story, green building could kill and injure so many birds.
Some flying from remote northern habitats might have little experience with glass. As birds reach Philly in the dark, they are attracted to the lights inside the buildings. Some of the skyscrapers have indoor atriums, which could have led birds to think they could land there. On any given morning, street trees reflect in the glass, making it appear that they are inside buildings.
“It was that event that led to a series of steps that created the foundation for Bird Safe Philly to be formed,” Altadonna said.Stephanie Egger, who led the café project for Wyncote Audubon Society, said Bird Safe Philly raised $8,000 for the effort. Egger said workers had to be careful in installing the dots on the floor-to-ceiling glass walls, which already had an anti-graffiti film protecting them.
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