Apr 1, 2025
Apr 1, 2025
Each year in Canada approximately 25 million birds die from building collisions. This is not only heartbreaking to witness but is a significant loss to biodiversity and the role these birds play. The good news is that there are solutions! Join the Canadian Wildlife Federation on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m. ET to discover effective ways to prevent bird strikes at home, work or at the cottage. Our guest will be Michael Mesure, a founding member and Executive Director of Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Canada. Michael will speak about the work of FLAP Canada, how human-made structures threatens birds and offer solutions for mitigating building collisions. This will include examples of both effective and ineffective collision deterrent methods and some background on bird-friendly building design guidelines, policies, code and law.
Speaker Michael Mesure is the Executive Director of Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Canada. A founding member of FLAP Canada, he has been with the organization since it began in 1993. Michael delivers presentations on bird-building collisions, advocates for bird protection at various levels of government and consults with city planners and others across North America on developing bird-friendly guidelines and standards. He continues to be active in bird rescue patrols and partnership-building to promote bird conservation programs—including Global Bird Rescue and Bird-Safe Campus—and contributes content to ornithological-focused papers.
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