[Tweeters] WOS Monthly Meeting, January 6, 2025

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The Washington Ornithological Society (WOS) is pleased to announce our next Monthly Meeting: on Monday, January 6, Joshua Morris will present, “THUD: What birders need to know (and do) about window collisions.”  Globally, billions of birds are killed each year after colliding with windows.  That makes glass one of the greatest human-related impacts that directly kills birds.  Seattle’s built environment contributes to this, with up to 80,000 birds killed during migration periods alone.  The good news is that effective solutions for reducing collision risk are widely available, though  implementation is complicated.  Joshua Morris, Urban Conservation Manager at Birds Connect Seattle (formerly Seattle Audubon) is leader of the Seattle Bird Collision Monitoring Project, and will share everything that birders need to know about bird-window collisions, including opportunities to get involved in local community science, advocacy, and direct action.  In 2021, Josh launched the Seattle Bird Collision Monitoring Project, a community science initiative that seeks to understand and prevent bird-window collisions.  Over the last four years, 200 volunteers have conducted nearly 5,000 surveys at more than 150 buildings in the Seattle area.  

This meeting will be conducted virtually, via Zoom (no in-person attendance).  Sign-in will begin at 7:15 pm, and the meeting commences at 7:30 pm.  Please go to the WOS Monthly Meetings page:   https://wos.org/monthly-meetings/  for instructions on participation and to get the Zoom link.

When joining the meeting, we ask that you mute your device and make certain that your camera is turned off.

This meeting is open to all as WOS invites everyone in the wider birding community to attend.  Thanks to the generosity of our presenters, recordings of past programs are available at the following link to the WOS YouTube Channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@washingtonornithologicalso7839/videos

If you are not yet a member of WOS, we hope you will consider becoming one at  https://wos.org

Please join us!

Elaine Chuang
WOS Program Support