Social media and 2016 summer data

We now have a Facebook page! Please click the 'like' button to receive updates, and be sure to share our posts with your friends!

In the spreadsheets below, you can view our raw data for the summer season. As of June 10, 2016, summer monitoring has begun. We divide window monitoring into seasons because our methods differ by season. For example, we typically monitor more heavily (3-4 times per week) during the spring and fall, because there are a larger number of birds in the county during migration, which leads to more collisions. In the summer, we typically only monitor 1-2 times per week.

We have also added the following buildings to our monitoring schedule: 

• Washtenaw 14A2 District Courthouse 
• Washtenaw Community College 
• University of Michigan, North Campus

For the latter two locations, we are only monitoring certain buildings; scroll through the spreadsheet below to see which ones. 

We are always accepting volunteers! Surveys typically only take 15-20 minutes at the most, depending on what building you are surveying. Our U of M North Campus monitor is a student who has graciously agreed to survey the buildings at his workplace. We always need more helpers, so please contact washtenawsafepassage@gmail.com if you are interested in working with us.

Click below to see our data!

YDL Window Introduction

Ypsilanti District Library / Whittaker Road Library

Images of the building will be added here as time allows. The labels refer to the corresponding column on the monitoring spreadsheets that have been posted.

Side A: Faces west, consists of a two-story mirrored glass wall and an isolated large plate glass window consisting of two vertically stacked panes (also mirrored). Low trees / tall shrubs make it a point of interest for birds, and benches make it a point of interest for people. This could be a factor in the double digit strikes in a relatively small area, if birds flee the human activity and head towards the glass. 

Side B: Facing WSW,  the mirrored windows are approximately two stories tall and reflect a parking lot nearby with trees in the distance. These three faces combined have a very low body count (one for each of the glass walls and two for the middle).

Side C (control): Pictures pending

Side D (two of six): These skyward-angled, east-facing windows are not mirrored but have a light blue tint. They face a large swath of forest and during much of the day have very strong reflections of surrounding trees and sky. Each of the six sections has a double digit body count.

Side E (sample, not representative): Facing east, these lightly blue tinted windows are either tall and narrow, or wide and inset below the upper floor.

Side F: Similar to side E, but facing north.