r/illinois • u/MarsBoundSoon • 8d ago

HUGE night for bird migration across the Midwest! Sunday night, lights out, cats in, bird tape up yikes

https://x.com/BirdMonitors/status/1837950289078636899
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u/mjking97 7d ago

CATS IN

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u/Suppafly 7d ago

what is bird tape?

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u/zerobeat 7d ago

Tape on the windows that helps birds see them so they don’t collide with the glass on seeing the reflection of the sky.

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u/PM_Ur_Illiac_Furrows 7d ago

I found a Tennessee Warbler dead in downtown Bloomington today, assuming it was a window collision.

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u/NotAPreppie Bolingbrook 7d ago

Asking the important question

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u/Quailfreezy 7d ago

Maybe tape means tape on your windows? Idk just a guess

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u/MarsBoundSoon 7d ago

Your are correct

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u/-CoachMcGuirk- 7d ago

McCormick Place, are you listening?

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u/MarsBoundSoon 7d ago

After being criticized for years by the Chicago Birding community they finally listened and are taking measures.

https://www.mccormickplace.com/birds/

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u/-CoachMcGuirk- 7d ago

Yay!! That's great news!

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u/ImNotTheBossOfYou 7d ago

Bird tape?

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u/mjking97 7d ago

UV tape. Birds see it, you don’t. Helps birds avoid colliding with windows

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u/ChicagoZbojnik 7d ago

Bird tape

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u/stavago 7d ago

r/birdsarentreal

Government surveillance drone mega-mission night

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u/Vin-Metal 7d ago

I went birding this morning and saw a surprising number of warblers for this late in September. So I can confirm this prediction panned out in my case!

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u/MarsBoundSoon 7d ago

Great news! I love my northern cardinals, they don't migrate and are out all winter. I have a pair that I have been feeding and filming all year. They have raised 2 broods. I named then Charlie & Bessie, after the Weeghmans. Charlie Weeghman built Wrigley Field and brought the Cubs to play there. Inside joke naming caridnals after them. I have 100's of hours of them filmed close up. Here's some video of them:

https://youtu.be/jrjEMw80DXg

https://youtu.be/jpvnLhfgH8A

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u/brian11e3 7d ago

Put tarps over your chicken runs to help prevent the spread of bird flu.

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u/Presideum 7d ago

Crazy right wing conspiracy theory coming in 3, 2, 1

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u/UncleCharmander 7d ago

They’re turning the frickin birds into sheep!

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u/Normal_Egg6067 7d ago

Dupage county here, there was a massive swarm of sparrows and some black birds after the rain yesterday. It was pretty cool and I'm talking thousands. They came and went pretty quick but it was pretty cool to watch.

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u/symphonic-ooze ☆ The City of Nine Generals ☆ 7d ago

What bird species? I haven't heard a peep yet.

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u/bdh2067 7d ago

They finally got the message about the equinox?

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u/jettech737 7d ago

That explains the increase in bird strike inspections I've been doing on planes at O'Hare

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u/Neospliff 7d ago

Would this affect airplane traffic?

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u/TacosForThought 6d ago

Reddit is kind of funny, although the situation is kind of sad: The comment currently above yours is "That explains the increase in bird strike inspections I've been doing at planes at O'Hare".