JCU Bird-window Collisions

If able, the greatest way to help is to do daily walks around your building to document any bird strikes (more information below)!

Up to a billion birds are killed due to window collisions every year in just North America, yet deaths remain poorly quantified in Australia. This project documents bird-window collisions on James Cook University's Townsville campus. We encourage all students, staff, and visitors to document the bird-window collisions that they encounter. After gathering the facts about campus bird collisions, the data will be made available to JCU and city/county officials who can make the changes that these buildings need to mitigate bird impacts.

Please join us in this effort by reporting any dead bird sightings on the Townsville or Cairns campus. Photos of injured birds or piles of bird feathers (indicative of a strike) can also be included. Please make sure to indicate what building and what side of the building (N, E, S, or W) the collision occurred on.

We recommend walking the perimeter of buildings and surveying the ground between 0-2 meters away from the building's edge. The best time to look for birds is in the morning to early afternoon, before cleaning staff or scavengers remove carcasses.

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