Chicago’s Killer View: The Skyline’s Toll On Migratory Birds

Curious City

WBEZ Chicago

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4.8 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2016

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Each migratory season leaves a flurry of birds dead at the feet of skyscrapers. But does that make a dent in the bird population?

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0:46.3	After a few fall starts, it's finally here, the elusive Chicago Spring, balmy temps, gentle breezes, and bird carcasses falling from the sky.
0:55.8	You may not have noticed, but spring migration brings a huge number of birds over, around,
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1:05.8	confused by the glass and lights and smash into windows and die. Lakeview resident Katie Call had heard about this biannual tragedy and wondered.
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