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 Willowbrook Wildlife Center to protect the lives of migratory birds on the COD campus through research, documentation, education, and policy change.
Bird Strike Info
If you find a dazed/deceased bird on the COD campus near a window, follow these steps:
- Transport the bird to Willowbrook Wildlife Center.
- Please report any campus bird strikes (or bird/window collisions) using this form. You can also find the form here:
- Video of Injured Bird being releasedNate Hambel from Willowbrook Wildlife Center showing us how to release a bird at the College of DuPage. Nate was truly one with nature today. Part bird magician? You be the judge on this awesome bird release
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.
