What We're Doing
"Bird-Friendly COD" is an interdisciplinary group of volunteer faculty, staff, students, and community members working alongside Chicago Bird Collision Monitors (CBCM) and DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center to protect the lives of migratory birds on the COD campus through research, documentation, education, and policy change.
Bird Strike Info
- Video of Injured Bird being releasedNate Hambel from DuPage Wildlife Conservation Center shows us how to release a bird at the College of DuPage.
What Can We Do?
Check out the following places for more information on how to prevent bird/window collisions:
- Chicagoland Bird Collision MonitorsCBCM works to protect and recover migratory birds that are killed and injured in the downtown Chicago area each spring and fall migration.
- Audubon SocietyThe page contains possible strategies for reducing bird-window collisions
- Glass Collisions: Products & Solutions DatabaseThe American Bird Conservancy (ABC) database lists products & solutions tested to prevent bird collisions, including bird-friendly glass, window decals & more.
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Nearly 3 Billion Birds GoneThe Cornell Lab of Ornithology lists Lists 7 steps to help bird populations, including making windows safer, native plants, etc.
- PBS Wisconsin. (2024, May 8). Preventing Bird-Window Collisions at Your Home | University Place [Video recording]Brenna Marsicek, Director of Communications and Outreach with the Southern Wisconsin Bird Alliance, shares the science behind why birds hit windows, and provides recommendations on ways to make windows more bird-safe.
