Program Title: "Your Pane is Their Pain"
Presented by Paloma Plant, Canada/Toronto Fatal Light Awareness Program.
Presented by Paloma Plant, Canada/Toronto Fatal Light Awareness Program.
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Paloma Plant is the project coordinator and a co-founder of Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Canada, a migratory bird rescue and advocacy group.
She is responsible for public outreach, and education programs, as well as coordinating the more than 100 volunteers and all activities for the building collision monitoring programs that FLAP has pioneered since its inception in 1993.
Each year millions of birds die in collisions with buildings. Causes include window designs, lights, location, and a variety of other human created dangers. At the top of each page of their website, the organization has a "counter" showing how many migratory birds have perished due to collisions while you have been at the website.
FLAP has a mission to inform and educate people to take actions that keep birds safe from daytime and nighttime bird/building collision threats including homes, workplaces, or other built structures.
No more than ever, as we spend so much time at home we appreciate the joy that birds bring us. their beauty, colours, and song help to lift our spirits, and as we welcome them with feeders and bird baths, it is vital that our windows do not pose a threat. Learn simple yet effective tis for making your #HomesSafeForBirds.
In 2007, the City of Toronto, working in partnership with FLAP Canada and other stakeholders, published the world's first Bird Friendly Development Guidelines. FLAP works with cities across Canada and the U.S. to implement similar guidelines and standards. In November of 2020, Ottawa joined existing communities including Vancouver, Calgary, Markham, Chicago and San Francisco to recognize that bird collisions with the built environment pose a significant threat to birds, and have adopted some form of bird/building collision management strategies.
Isn't it time to bring Buffalo, Fort Erie, Grand Island, Niagara Falls (both New York and Ontario) under the guidance of Bird-safe designs? All of these municipalities are located in the Niagara River Corridor Globally Significant Important Bird Area! BON21 pledges to work with our partners in 2021 to engage our communities with this message, and with concrete plans.
FLAP.org
She is responsible for public outreach, and education programs, as well as coordinating the more than 100 volunteers and all activities for the building collision monitoring programs that FLAP has pioneered since its inception in 1993.
Each year millions of birds die in collisions with buildings. Causes include window designs, lights, location, and a variety of other human created dangers. At the top of each page of their website, the organization has a "counter" showing how many migratory birds have perished due to collisions while you have been at the website.
FLAP has a mission to inform and educate people to take actions that keep birds safe from daytime and nighttime bird/building collision threats including homes, workplaces, or other built structures.
No more than ever, as we spend so much time at home we appreciate the joy that birds bring us. their beauty, colours, and song help to lift our spirits, and as we welcome them with feeders and bird baths, it is vital that our windows do not pose a threat. Learn simple yet effective tis for making your #HomesSafeForBirds.
In 2007, the City of Toronto, working in partnership with FLAP Canada and other stakeholders, published the world's first Bird Friendly Development Guidelines. FLAP works with cities across Canada and the U.S. to implement similar guidelines and standards. In November of 2020, Ottawa joined existing communities including Vancouver, Calgary, Markham, Chicago and San Francisco to recognize that bird collisions with the built environment pose a significant threat to birds, and have adopted some form of bird/building collision management strategies.
Isn't it time to bring Buffalo, Fort Erie, Grand Island, Niagara Falls (both New York and Ontario) under the guidance of Bird-safe designs? All of these municipalities are located in the Niagara River Corridor Globally Significant Important Bird Area! BON21 pledges to work with our partners in 2021 to engage our communities with this message, and with concrete plans.
FLAP.org
Click on the Images Below to go to the bird/building management strategies adopted by the Municipalities pictured.
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