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- description: The adopted Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings explains the documented risks that structures present to birds.
Over thirty years of research has proven the risk to be biologically significant for certain bird species. Recent studies
have determined that annual bird fatalities in North America from window collisions may be as high as 1 billion birds per
year or 1-5% of all birds. While the facts are staggering, the solutions are within reach. The majority of these deaths are
foreseeable and avoidable. The document summarizes proven successful remedies such as window treatments, lighting design,
and lighting operation. The bird refuge maps out areas of particular risk to birds. These areas are within 300ft of: open
water, inland water bodies greater than 2 acres in size, open space greater than 2 acres, the shoreline. For more information
visit the Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings web site: http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=2506 A PDF map of the refuge
is available here: http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/library_of_cartography/Urban_Bird_Refuge_Poster.pdf
The data is in zipped GIS shapefile format.; abstract: The adopted Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings explains the documented
risks that structures present to birds. Over thirty years of research has proven the risk to be biologically significant for
certain bird species. Recent studies have determined that annual bird fatalities in North America from window collisions may
be as high as 1 billion birds per year or 1-5% of all birds. While the facts are staggering, the solutions are within reach.
The majority of these deaths are foreseeable and avoidable. The document summarizes proven successful remedies such as window
treatments, lighting design, and lighting operation. The bird refuge maps out areas of particular risk to birds. These areas
are within 300ft of: open water, inland water bodies greater than 2 acres in size, open space greater than 2 acres, the shoreline.
For more information visit the Standards for Bird-Safe Buildings web site: http://www.sf-planning.org/index.aspx?page=2506
A PDF map of the refuge is available here: http://www.sf-planning.org/ftp/files/publications_reports/library_of_cartography/Urban_Bird_Refuge_Poster.pdf
The data is in zipped GIS shapefile format.
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- Title Urban Bird Refuge.
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2018-02-03T22:57:09.920749
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