http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120522_Researchers_study_losses_of_birds_hitting_buildings.html
In the Philadelphia Newspaper there's an article called "Birds Blinded by the Light of Philly's Glass-Clad Buildings" by Sandy Bauers. Keith Russel explores how birds die by Philadelphia transparent glass. Also they explain that glass that reflects the sky can be deadly to birds. In the article it points out that "at quitting time at 8, they might have picked up a dozen birds or more." This means that during the 24 hour day birds are being killed all the time by striking buildings. This stood out in the article because it tells me how many birds are die everyday by glass. Also a biology professor, Daniels Klem Jr., says that a billion birds die every year in a result of striking glass on buildings of Philadelphia. In my opinion I think this is bad and Philadelphia should create buildings out of wood more than glass because glass can easily break and would can't. In return glass can't burn, wood can. I still think they should build buildings out of wood so we can have more birds populated in Philadelphia. This reminds me of a empower assignment of bees dying because of a Apocephalus Borealis fly that spreads a virus and billions of bees die every year just like the birds.
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