Sure, the various avian flus get a lot of press, but they aren't what keeps birds awake at night. What does? Glass.

Thanks to the very important work of this guy, we know that about one billion birds are killed each year when they fly into plate glass windows. Muhlenberg College ornithologist Daniel Klem Jr. travels the country recording the feathery holocaust. He scours the bases of skyscrapers and he roots in the garden beneath your bay window. He looks for the bodies. "Glass is ubiquitous and it's indiscriminate, killing the fit and the unfit," the AP quoted Klem as saying.

Sure, professors at prestigious institutions like Allentown, PA's Muhlenberg are richly compensated, but can any amount of money erase the crushed faces of countless birds from his memory? O, the birdmanity.


The Birdman, Coco B Ware.

Analogcabin @ 3:42 PM
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