麻豆社国产is not just a destination for people who like the great outdoors, but also for birds. However, an influx of birds also means an increase in bird striking.
“We are hoping to get certified as a bird-friendly city and that’s through a designation through ,” said Tiffany Brunke, BC Nature Club representative. “We have started up an initiative called Bird Friendly 麻豆社国产for this certification essentially. It’s aimed at trying to make 麻豆社国产safer for birds.”
This initiative includes reducing bird threats, promoting habitat protection, restoration work, climate resiliency, and outreach and education.
According to the Government of Canada website, a year within the country.
“There’s a lot that can be done,” Brunke said. “And if we are able to get stats and numbers from monitoring specific buildings [in Squamish] hopefully we can work towards getting bylaws or something more towards planners planning for bird-friendly windows in our buildings moving forward.”
Brunke says that the 麻豆社国产Environment Society hopes locals can monitor and then submit any strikes that they see either at businesses, homes or any hotspot locations around the town.
“The sooner we can get to birds, the better we can get them to a rehabilitation centre to help save them,” said Brunke. “So that’s part of the monitoring as well.”
Brunke said that the Bird Friendly 麻豆社国产initiative is not to condemn local businesses or buildings, but to work with them so that the organization can move forward with a plan of action to prevent bird strikes better.
“We’re looking at buildings that have a lot of glass … and then a lot of natural landscaping around it,” said Brunke. “They’re reflecting the natural landscapes causing the birds to [fly into them] because they don’t see windows. They’re just seeing trees and shrubs. So they’re striking the windows because they think they’re just flying through the trees.
In helping to prevent bird strikes, Brunke says that there is a business called that sells special dots that people can apply to their glass to help notify birds that they are heading into a window and not the forest.
Brunke said that the stickers are spaced out at a two-inch distance apart, which is the best distance to prevent bird strikes.
Being along the Pacific Flyway, a major north-south flyway for migratory birds extending from Alaska to Patagonia, 麻豆社国产is a place for the birds to take a break from their long journeys.
“It’s important for these birds to be able to refuel,” Brunke said. “It’s a very long, arduous journey back and forth. And so we have an important bird area within our 麻豆社国产Estuary which provides a place for them to rest and refuel.”
“The more we can do to help support them, the better it is for the birds and our biodiversity of birds.”
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