https://birdfriendlychicago.org/donate daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59dbc7c2cf81e0c47e15482d/1509386798700-GZN997HA8TMR0M009X0F/Untitled-3.jpg Donate https://birdfriendlychicago.org/new-gallery daily 0.75 2018-10-14 https://birdfriendlychicago.org/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2018-10-14 https://birdfriendlychicago.org/our-team daily 0.75 2017-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59dbc7c2cf81e0c47e15482d/1507745414569-G3QA4OL0JYWH8688QFOD/Untitled-2.jpg Our Team https://birdfriendlychicago.org/mission-2 daily 0.75 2025-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1542039709592-TIC3IHZKMLN3W4CMSI72/IMG_1500.jpg Challenge - Unacceptable mortality It is estimated that from 300 million to one billion birds are killed annually in North America by collisions with buildings. These three migrating sapsuckers were fooled by reflections of trees in a building a few blocks from the lakefront in fall of 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1542039989489-QWKS3PBZYK6IG5AKU0GR/bird-imprint-glass_flickr_bobosh_t.jpg Challenge - Birds are often fooled by glass with deadly results. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539053587690-VGJ5TNBWB5DCOSCH8P05/johndeGuzman.jpg Challenge - The Tribute in Light for victims of 9/11 attracts birds which remain in the columns of light, circling. Lights are turned off periodically so that birds can escape. Birds are attracted to the Tribute in Light for victims of 9/11 and remain in the columns of light, circling. Lights are turned off periodically so that birds can escape. pc: John De Guzman/New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1541520383910-Z318YX1RQ7L2XUN982C8/DSCN5604+salvaged+birds+9+30+18.jpg Challenge https://birdfriendlychicago.org/volunteer-2 daily 0.75 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1540587693663-RU3YY93MBE995X6ISFR1/DSC_5750-2.jpg Volunteer https://birdfriendlychicago.org/home-impact daily 1.0 2025-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1541350365875-QQR7NQCOK89VL2ATTLO5/PaintedBuntingCBCM+%281%29-2.jpg Home - Unintended consequences This beautiful Painted Bunting could have been saved. Read on to learn more about how to make Chicago a safer city for birds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1541351325870-U3ZOYIB5UCA707VMJ5H7/MBrandon_Impact.jpg Home - The Problem Our beautiful city is killing birds in staggering numbers. For thousands of years, birds have migrated in impressive numbers through the Chicago region. Only in the last six or seven decades have birds had to contend with a new deadly peril—bright, shiny cities with confusing canyons of light and glass. The lights of our cities draw birds in. Once here, they fall victim to an unmoving and unseen menace—glass windows and facades. The numbers are staggering. In North America alone, it is estimated that as many as 1 billion birds—yes, 1,000,000,000!—are killed each year by collisions with buildings. In just the Chicago Loop, more than 26,000 dead birds were collected over a ten-year period - and many more deaths were undetected. It's not a small problem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539552586363-RSPT9GBG67EV04TAW346/Bird-friendly-Aqua-Tower-in-Chicago.jpg Home - The Solution Extensive research has given us the tools to solve this problem. We know what causes bird collision deaths, and we know how to prevent them. We can make buildings that are beautiful, economical AND bird-friendly. · Treat glass to make it visible to birds · Design buildings in a way that minimizes risk to birds · Prevent internal landscaping from being visible from the outside · Eliminate the lighting that attracts birds to their death All that’s left is the will to act. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1541351484596-4ALMT944QWEBIA6GZA6Q/DSC_7255-2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539553617840-9YKE7DXOC35S7DZGBHT2/dreamstime_s_108407153.jpg Home - Sweet Home Chicago The City of Big Shoulders can solve the problem of bird collisions and mortality by amending the building code to require Bird-Friendly Design on non-residential and high-rise buildings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59dbc7c2cf81e0c47e15482d/1508275125376-JS5UW5HKEMC9UK5ZOE9H/Untitled-7.jpg Home - Our Partners Here is a description of your partners. 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It reduces bird collisions at Rosewood Beach in Highland Park. PC: Stacey Wescott / Chicago Tribune https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539049018502-Q97RW9FMJVUUC8IGUCL3/Intuit.JPG Solutions - Fritted glass prevents bird strikes at the Intuit Building 20, Mountainview, CA. Fritted glass prevents bird strikes at the Intuit Building 20, Mountainview, CA. pc: Curbed San Francisco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1540656855720-W8QRASAHC5NYLCAWPL5M/Lights+on+Eric+Fogleman.jpg Solutions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1540656861427-2COKK9BZ85XA1RZ33SQV/Lights+off+Eric+Fogleman.jpg Solutions https://birdfriendlychicago.org/ordinance daily 0.75 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/2692a9b6-71e5-48f1-a9ab-a4c239b9eada/Leed+logos.jpg Ordinance The US Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating System offers an innovation credit for bird collision deterrence that is based on the latest research into the effectiveness of various glass treatments in deterring bird strikes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539059756727-910R6855DORFMZYMDF69/IMG_1464.JPG Ordinance This worker is retrofitting reflective glass with film that has a bird-friendly dot pattern (look closely). Including fritted glass in the design of this large building would have saved money… and bird lives! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539060653501-2SPF39XN3EL7QFL5VHFO/Screen+Shot+2018-10-08+at+11.50.07+PM.png Ordinance The City of San Francisco was the first to adopt a Bird-friendly Building Ordinance https://birdfriendlychicago.org/impact daily 0.75 2025-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1542040269350-A71APXWN2IXHCHMMJ3J9/brown+creeper+rescueb.jpg About Us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539442139806-RFNR0AUP0NJMAVNT8U7S/Screen+Shot+2018-10-13+at+9.47.44+AM.png About Us - Particulary Susceptible to Collisions: Blackburnian Warbler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539442142402-V7FCJ6SABBPC4JD2RUDP/Screen+Shot+2018-10-13+at+9.47.34+AM.png About Us - Particulary Susceptible to Collisions: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539442183296-4G4OMYA6QX441D881TDA/Screen+Shot+2018-10-13+at+9.47.10+AM.png About Us - Particulary Susceptible to Collisions: American Woodcock https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539442144223-1A8I7210CHFY25BP4CMN/Screen+Shot+2018-10-13+at+9.47.01+AM.png About Us - Particulary Susceptible to Collisions: Wood Thrush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539443499053-6IDD2WB9V64HXK6LNTMX/Archilochus_colubris_-_by_jeffreyw_-_004.jpg About Us - Particularly Susceptible to Collisions: Ruby-throated Hummingbird pc: jeffreyw (Flickr) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1539444024727-PHMBODGKH819J1Y5CNOG/canada.png About Us - Particulary Susceptible to Collisions: Canada Warbler pc:Jerry Goldner https://birdfriendlychicago.org/contact daily 0.75 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bb520d22727be72e20168ef/1540589420606-PZD3DG2CB37FZJOPJMMT/DSC_7787-2.jpg Contact Common Redpolls on Chicago lakefront pc: Dan Lory