ABC’s Glass Collisions program is leading the way in finding solutions to this problem that plagues birds both common and rare throughout the year, wherever they are. We encourage systemic change, advocating for collision-reducing legislation, offering training for architects and developers, and empowering concerned individuals to push for change in their communities. We also provide education and practical support for implementing bird-friendly changes wherever you live and make it easy to find products and solutions for reducing collisions at home.
Together, we have the capacity to dramatically reduce the number of birds dying from glass collisions.
Glass collisions kill vast numbers of birds in the United States each year. Yet most Americans know little about this danger, and even fewer are aware of the solutions available to help prevent these deaths — fixes that in many cases are easy and inexpensive.
Find a variety of bird-safe window resources designed to help reduce collisions wherever they occur, including retrofits.
Looking for glass for a new building, or a solution to fix existing windows? Search our comprehensive material database to find the right product.
Find American Bird Conservancy’s recommendations for preventing birds from colliding with glass windows on existing buildings and how to advocate for retrofits.
Learn how you can champion legislation to prevent window collisions and help birds in your community with resources from American Bird Conservancy.
Many municipalities have enacted bird-friendly building legislation, ordinances, and codes in the U.S. to prevent window collisions. American Bird Conservancy evaluates their benefit to birds.
Whether you want to reduce bird collisions at an existing building, design a new bird-friendly building, or promote bird-friendly building legislation, ABC has solutions.
The U.S. Green Building Council’s Bird-friendly Design Credit
Communication towers with steady-burning lights lead to 7 million bird fatalities annually in North America. Learn how American Bird Conservancy is encouraging safer practices for tower operators.
Looking for glass for a new building, or a solution to fix existing windows? Search our comprehensive material database to find the right product.
Discover how American Bird Conservancy researches and tests bird-friendly glass and other solutions to prevent window collisions. ABC’s rating system assigns a Threat Factor™ score that indicates which materials birds are most likely to avoid during our tunnel testing process.
Meet the Glass Collisions Team
ABC’s Collisions Team carries out research to better understand the threat of window collisions, rigorously tests and evaluates products and solutions to prevent collisions, and supports change in communities through advocacy, education, and outreach.
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