As you may have noticed, some of the windows of our very new Penn Pavilion have a horizontal line pattern (left window on picture below). This pattern is great for preventing bird-window collisions! However, a larger amount of windows do not have this pattern (window on right of picture). Even though these windows are next to those that have a pattern, they are still dangerous for birds.
The first Hermit Thrush of the year for me was found dead in front of one of these windows. This species is migratory and birds are coming through our campus heading North, where they will reproduce. Starting with this Hermit Thrush, we will get many migratory birds passing through, hopefully without encountering glassy obstacles on their journey. Help us collect data on bird collisions, let us know if you find a bird! More info here. A big thanks to Pablo Sprechmann who reported and photographed this bird 🙂
