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4,000 birds lost to building collisions — one year, one city.
All 4,000 birds in this award-winning photograph by Patricia Homonylo, died of bird-building collisions in the Greater Toronto Area during a single year.
The Scale of Bird-Building Collisions in Canada
Over the course of one year, FLAP Canada's dedicated team of volunteers meticulously gathered, documented and displayed these 4,000 birds that tragically died after colliding with buildings across the Greater Toronto Area — highlighting the devastating impact of urban architecture on bird populations.
Over 1 billion birds are killed by building collisions across North America every year, with over 25 million migratory birds dying from building collisions in Canada.
Each bird represents not a statistic, but a life.
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Are Your Windows Bird-Safe?
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