{"id":64915,"date":"2025-01-02T11:59:33","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=64915"},"modified":"2025-01-02T11:59:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:59:33","slug":"view-sapsucker-nature-positive-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/view-sapsucker-nature-positive-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"View from Sapsucker Woods: Inspiring Nature-Positive Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full featured\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"993\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dots-McCormickPlace_JessicaSuarez.jpg\" alt=\"Dots on a window and burry reflection of sunset in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-64986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dots-McCormickPlace_JessicaSuarez.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Dots-McCormickPlace_JessicaSuarez-480x719.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dots break up the reflection on the large windows at Chicago&#8217;s McCormick Place conference center. <em>Photo by Jessica Suarez.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright order-bottom\"><div class=\"article-list list-style\"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">More From Living Bird<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\" data-link-to=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-winter-2025-table-of-contents\/\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/TOC-banner-616924799-Redhead-Isaac_Polanski-FI-1280x960.jpg\" 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https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird archives\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><a class=\"article-item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-magazine-archives\/\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine Archives<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">From the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-winter-2025-table-of-contents\/\">Winter 2025 issue<\/a>&nbsp;of&nbsp;<em>Living Bird<\/em>&nbsp;magazine.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/join.birds.cornell.edu\/page\/14522\/donate\/?__hstc=75100365.220461ee62b578f48bb144cf431e8850.1712607354694.1733246511254.1733257290895.253&amp;__hssc=75100365.7.1733257290895&amp;__hsfp=3011104808\">Subscribe now<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve written before about the impor\u00adtance of inspiring people with hope, even when the odds appear tough. Fear is often easier in the short term, but hope is more enduring. In that vein, it\u2019s such a pleasure to read in this issue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/bird-collisions-window-safety-mccormick-place-chicago\/\">about the changes that have been made to Chicago\u2019s McCor\u00admick Place<\/a> conference center to avoid a repeat of the huge bird-strike event that took place during the 2023 fall migration, when close to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/a-single-night-of-bird-collisions-in-chicago-points-to-the-need-for-window-safety\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"62454\">1,000 birds were killed in a single night by a single building<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The solutions have been to turn out the lights at night and cover the windows of the convention center with a 2-inch grid of tiny stickers, giving birds a chance to see and avoid the glass. The impact has been immediate and enormous in terms of a reduction in the number of collisions. We have experi\u00adenced the same effect here at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/advances-in-window-safety-come-to-the-cornell-lab-and-cornell-campus\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"54168\">relatively inexpensive changes to our windows<\/a> have significantly reduced fatal bird collisions. It\u2019s the sort of effect that has inspired communities across the coun\u00adtry to champion bird-safe buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To grow that success, we want to learn about what inspires people to seek out nature-positive solutions. At the Cornell Lab, we\u2019re well known for our exper\u00adtise in &#8220;science data,&#8221; and that remains the heart of our work, but we\u2019re also interested in &#8220;people data&#8221;: what moves people\u2019s heads and hearts. In the case of bird-friendly buildings, for instance, we\u2019ve been running trials to find out what inspires people to take action: an emotional plea using images of dead birds; a logical case based on technical information about the effectiveness of potential solutions; conservation argu\u00adments about the impact of window col\u00adlisions on bird populations; or a social call to action based on what neighbors and friends are doing. It turns out that, in the case of windows, the most powerful arguments are based on efficiency and cost: do these new solutions really work, and how much will I have to pay?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will the same approach work for other conservation decisions? We don\u2019t yet know, but it\u2019s a question that has been on my mind as I watched\u2014and listened to\u2014fall migration over Cayuga Lake in Upstate New York. It\u2019s humbling to see vast flights of birds as they depart the great boreal forests and tundra of the North and head to their homes in Central and South America. It\u2019s also a vivid reminder of why migratory birds are so vulnerable to threats like building collisions; they now face growing risks at each stage of their extraordinary lives. And if my hope ever wanes, I can take solace in the words of a local hero. Near the shores of Cayuga Lake is the grave of Carl Sagan, the legendary Cor\u00adnell University astronomy professor. In his epic book <em>Pale Blue Dot<\/em>, Sagan wrote one of the most evocative calls I know for valuing life on this planet, inspired by an image taken by NASA\u2019s Voyager spacecraft:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cLook again at that dot. That\u2019s here. That\u2019s home. That\u2019s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives \u2026 There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it under\u00adscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we\u2019ve ever known.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the&nbsp;Winter 2025 issue&nbsp;of&nbsp;Living Bird&nbsp;magazine.&nbsp;Subscribe now. I\u2019ve written before about the impor\u00adtance of inspiring people with hope, even when the odds appear tough. 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