Date: October 6th 2022
Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 EDT
Location: Online
Who Should Attend: Biologist and others interested in reducing bird mortality
Length: 1 hour
To Register visit: https://doitalent.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_G_AN7IxrR8-_9gFwF7b0Tw
Contact Information: For questions about the webinar, contact Blaine Eckberg at blaine_eckberg@fws.gov
Bird collisions with building windows are a top source of bird mortality and reducing these collisions has been identified as an important action to help halt and reverse declines of North American bird populations.
In this webinar, Dr. Scott Loss will talk about key research advances from his lab, including: (1) how bird-window collisions vary in time, both seasonally and throughout the day and night, and in association with bird migration and weather; (2) how collisions vary spatially in association with factors related to buildings and the landscapes surrounding them; and (3) how collision risk varies among bird species and in association with bird life history (e.g., migratory strategy).
Dr. Loss will also discuss how these findings are being used to recommend collision mitigation practices, as well as ongoing studies assessing approaches to reduce collisions, including using weather radar to predict collisions, installing markers and films on windows to reduce transparency and reflection effects, and evaluating human attitudes and perceptions about bird collisions and approaches to manage them.
Dr. Scott Loss, PhD, is an associate professor of natural resource ecology and management at Oklahoma State University. His lab studies multiple aspects of global change ecology and management. He has studied bird-window collisions for >10 years to assess spatial and temporal factors leading to collisions and to inform potential mitigation approaches.
Reasonable Accommodations
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is committed to providing access to this training for all participants. Please direct all requests for sign language interpreting services, closed captioning, or other accommodation needs to blaine_eckberg@fws.gov by October 1, 2022.