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  • Birds are dying by smashing into NYC skyscrapers in record numbers — here’s potentially why

    11/13/2024 2:06:14 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 35 replies
    NY Post ^ | 11/13/2024 | Katherine Donlevy
    Birds are dying in record numbers this autumn by flying full-speed into Big Apple buildings, lured to their deaths by glassy skyscrapers — with the sleek Battery Park City corridor among the city’s biggest death traps. There are almost 1,000 known cases of migratory birds obliviously smashing headfirst into the mirage-like reflective buildings since August — a whopping 53% increase from last year’s strike toll. But experts warn the vast majority of bird strikes go uncounted — as unusually high winds and low clouds this year had the migrating flocks flying faster and at lower altitudes than normal. “Fall of...