Natural History Wanderings

The New York Times reports

A shiny glass condo property in the city has become notorious for deadly crashes, so some residents are pushing for change.

Each spring and fall, dead and injured birds litter the front sidewalk and interior courtyard of a glassy, crescent-shaped building of about 50 condominium units on the northwest corner of the park. The casualties are brightly colored travelers on migrations that would normally take them hundreds or thousands of miles.

From tiny yellow warblers to large, elegantly marked woodpeckers, their journeys end at the building, Circa Central Park, when they crash into glass they can’t see.

— Read on www.nytimes.com/2023/10/16/climate/new-york-birds-windows.html