Research in bird-window collisions ramps up on campus

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Since 2018, Radford University Biology students have been documenting bird-window collisions on campus. After an especially hard year for birds in 2020, efforts to protect birds on campus are ramping up.

Visit the story by RU writer Mary Hardbarger, which provides background about the work, and interviews Professor Karen Powers and three undergraduated participating in the research.

https://www.radford.edu/content/radfordcore/home/news/releases/2021/february/bird-collision-research-powers.html

 

Left: Powers holds a stunned female northern cardinal that collided with the glass facade at the Reed-Curie Alcove in late February, 2021. Thankfully, the bird was able to recover and fly away.

Mar 1, 2021
Karen Powers
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