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November Audubon Program – UC’s Avian Mortalities Project
November 15, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Title: UC’s Avian Mortalities Project
Host: Professor Ron Canterbury
Associate Academic Director
UC Department of Biological Sciences
Wednesday, November 15, 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Sharon Woods Park Visitors Center
Dr. Canterbury has been leading local efforts to reduce impact based bird fatalities. Bird fatalities at building sites are becoming a National issue. The people of Chicago were shocked to learn that 961 birds were killed in one night at one building location. Washington D.C. has put in place local ordinances to address bird fatalities.
Dr. Canterbury will discuss the species killed at glass windows, the numbers of birds killed this year and the over the last six years. Dr. Canterbury will also review the buildings/locations with the highest impact rates, and the factors that affect collision mortality on campus.
Specific site mitigation and building specific interventions will be covered. Dr. Canterbury will cover the status of UC’s response and the overall scope and status of the project. He will discuss the project’s specific needs and how everyone may get involved, both locally and nationally. He will project the results onto avian conservation and ecosystem level analyses, along with a call to change the global narrative and worldview on this topic. Dr. Ron will review the educational and lobbying plans at local, state, and national levels.
We’ll meet at Sharon Woods Visitor Center on Wednesday, September 20, at 7:00 p.m. The Visitor Center is located at 11450 Lebanon Road (U.S. Route 42), Sharonville, Ohio, about 3/4 mile south of Interstate 275.
Contact Rick Marra with any questions, at rickpmarra@aol.com.