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| Keywords: bird birds dead building strike buildingstrike dead birds deadbirds blue birds bluebirds blue blue jay bluejay indigo bunting indigobunting black-throated blue warbler blackthroatedbluewarbler belted kingfisher beltedkingfisher washington d.c. washingtondc windows lights out dc lightsoutdc migration migration hazard migrationhazard fall migration fallmigration avian aves vertebrate stitching droege biml usgsbiml canon Birds regularly collide with buildings. In many instances building collisions can be decreased by turning lights off at night and using non-reflective glass. Sadly both these measures rarely happen. In major cities groups pick up birds that have struck buildings, here is a set of "blue" birds that hit buildings in Downtown Washington D.C. and were picked up by the Lights out DC group this fall. This is a composite picture of 3 macro shots and the resulting picture is amost 5000x5000 pixels and can be printed out to likely several feet on a side without losing clarity. Oh yes, the birds in the picture are Belted Kingfisher, Blue Jay, Indigo Bunting, Black-throated Blue Warbler (3) Birds regularly collide with buildings. In many instances building collisions can be decreased by turning lights off at night and using non-reflective glass. Sadly both these measures rarely happen. In major cities groups pick up birds that have struck buildings, here is a set of "blue" birds that hit buildings in Downtown Washington D.C. and were picked up by the Lights out DC group this fall. This is a composite picture of 3 macro shots and the resulting picture is amost 5000x5000 pixels and can be printed out to likely several feet on a side without losing clarity. Oh yes, the birds in the picture are Belted Kingfisher, Blue Jay, Indigo Bunting, Black-throated Blue Warbler (3) | ||||
