6 days ago · NBC Chicago crews along 31st Street Beach counted 16 dead birds on Monday morning. More were found at 12th Street Beach and Ohio Street Beach around that same time.

Oct 10, 2023 · In just one night, more than a thousand migrating birds died after crashing into a single building in Chicago, due to what experts say was a deadly combination of migration season, difficult...

Feb 3, 2025 · Hundreds of red-breasted mergansers have been found either dead or sick over the past few days along Lake Michigan in Chicago and into the northern suburbs. Over the weekend and early Monday...

Oct 6, 2023 · This morning as children waited to enter school in Chicago, birds fell dead at their feet. The culprit? Reflective glass windows. 15 dead birds were recovered from one school.

Oct 7, 2023 · Bird advocates are pushing for nonreflective windows that are safer for birds, who are less likely to be attracted to them while passing through the city on their migration south. In one night earlier this week, nearly 1,000 birds were killed after colliding into the McCormick Place Lakeside Center during the height of the fall migration.

Oct 6, 2023 · Nearly 1,000 songbirds perished during the night after crashing into the McCormick Place Lakeside Center ‘s windows, the result, according to avian experts, of a deadly confluence of prime migration conditions, rain and the low-slung …

Oct 10, 2023 · In an average year, about 1,000 to 2,000 migratory birds die from striking a lakeside Chicago convention center, reports Clare Marie Schneider for NPR. But on one single night last week, at...

Apr 1, 2024 · On the night of Oct. 4, 2023, a massive wave of bird migration swept through Chicago. Nearly 1,000 songbirds died after colliding with just one of the many buildings along the waterfront. But it doesn't have to be so: science shows darkened windows can make a big difference in saving birds.

Oct 5, 2023 · Chicago is one of the deadliest cities for migrating birds and Thursday’s “insane abundance of migratory action” led to “insane mortality,” birders said. The remedy is as simple as flipping off a light switch.

Oct 10, 2023 · A major bird-collision event occurred in Chicago, Illinois, last week, killing nearly 1,000 migrating birds, the highest number on record. During the night and morning of October 4-5, the birds died after colliding into the McCormick Place Lakeside Center during the height of their annual fall migration .