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Stop the Thud!
Each year, one billion birds in the US die when they collide with glass windows and doors. The University is located in between the Mississippi Flyway and the Central Flyway, both important migratory route for birds during the fall and spring. With the correct precautions, these collisions with campus buildings are preventable. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Bird Safe Campus initiatives, Stop the Thud, aims to keep our migratory birds safe by reducing the number of bird strikes on campus.
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Bird Strike Facts and Challenges
In the last 50 years, bird populations in the United States and Canada have declined by nearly 3 billion. One of the many reasons for this decline is windows and other reflective surfaces, which unintentionally harm about one billion birds every year in the U.S. alone.
Glass collisions affect hundreds of millions bird lives each year, in the U.S. alone. Many birds travel thousands of miles through migration, only to be stopped suddenly by a pane of glass they cannot see. While tall, glass covered skyscrapers contribute to the problem, almost half of the collisions happen on buildings shorter than four stories.
The good news is that there are inexpensive, scientifically sound, effective methods to dramatically reduce bird-building collisions. Simple measures applied to the outside of the glass like uv stickers can be expected to last 7 to 15 years. With your help We can continue conservation progress. Since 1970, conservation efforts have helped increase +15 million Raptors, +35 million Waterfowl, and +14 million woodpecker populations.