At least 1,000 birds were killed in one day in early October, when they collided with a single Chicago building, McCormick Place Lakeside Center.
It is the largest convention center in North America.
A paradigm of architectural modernism, the Lakeside Centre was built in stages from 1960 to 2017, and is a steel, concrete and glass behemoth.
Although not particularly tall by contemporary standards, the building’s almost unbroken glass facade presents a problem for birds, most notably at night when the brilliantly lit interiors cause them to become confused.
The thousand killed that day were a small proportion of the millions of migratory birds that were moving southwards across the continent to their wintering grounds — a journey undertaken twice yearly. (CNN)
Sometimes, what’s good for people isn’t good for the wild life we love!
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