MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings may hope their new stadium is a hostile environment for the Philadelphia Eagles and Arizona Cardinals, but the Department of Natural Resources hopes it will be friendly to real birds.
The DNR has urged planners to consider "bird-friendly designs" to reduce the potential for fatal collisions with birds. The agency's comments were included in a 75-page document released Tuesday that's part of the environmental review process.
Melissa Doperalski, regional environmental assessment ecologist for the DNR, tells Finance & Commerce (http://bit.ly/Zcjp1L ) that numerous birds die each year after flying into building glass. The Mississippi River is a major migratory corridor. So, she says, if the stadium has prominent glass features designers should consider other elements that provide visual cues to prevent birds from crashing into the glass.
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Information from: Finance and Commerce, http://www.finance-commerce.com
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
Comments (9)
Add commentDNR
Oh dang--- the DNR now has their fingers into the new stadium. I'm sure that will add more millions to an already bloated project.
OMG
Rolf I think you should be the one to tell us just how many critter's euthanize themself's a year with those green energy windmills so they don't have to put up with the pain of looking/flying at them.
Birds and football
If we didn't know better, we could think this is a joke.
Sadie
Off subject. Who is going to be in the Super bowl? I bet we can really get a couple of pages on this going???
Sorry IDWD the chesseheads are going as far as thee VIKE'S------------ To Baxter------------- a road too no-where.
OFB
Houston vs Patriots
I like the Giants personally.
DNR
I bet the first thing they do is print up 10 million high dollar stickers that everyone will have to put on their cars that list the rules to keep birds from flying into the stadium. Then about a week after the stickers are printed they will scrap that idea.
sadiemarriedlady
Houston and Patriots are in the same conference so not going to happen. Your Giants could be there, though.
Also, maybe the DNR is referring to the Falcons, Eagles, Ravens and other such birds. God knows the Vikings have already been kind to them for the last 40 years.
Go Patriots.
Bird Friendly buildings
Actually, bird-window collisions are a significant cause of bird deaths. Estimates range from 100 Million to 1 Billion bird deaths per year are caused by such collisions. And the birds that are involved are most frequently neotropical migrants such as warblers, flycatchers, and native sparrows. We know from monitoring that thousands die this way each year in the Twin Cities.
If you want these colorful birds and their songs to fill your northern woods, you should support efforts to decrease this mortality.
And it is far easier and less costly to make adjustments during initial construction than later!
For more information see http://mn.audubon.org/project-birdsafe.