Like Minneapolis, the city of Toronto sits in one of the busiest migratory bird corridors in the world. And in both cities, birds get disoriented by the reflection of sky, clouds and nearby habitat on building glass and try to fly through it, with fatal results. Unlike Minneapolis, however, Toronto took legislative action and implemented Bird Friendly Development Guidelines to ensure that both new and existing buildings were made <https://inhabitat.com/9-things-you-can-do-to-help-wild-birds-this-summer/> safer for birds.
Please join us on June 13 as Michael Mesure, founder and executive director of the Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP) Canada, explains how FLAP worked with Toronto city leaders to adopt bird-safe standards and how Minneapolis can replicate them. Mesure advocates for bird protections at various levels of government, and consults with city planners across North America on developing bird-friendly guidelines. He will discuss green standards as well as current and proposed legislation, and will offer recommendations for retrofitting U.S. Bank Stadium to make it safer for birds. This is the third of three presentations addressing retrofit options for the stadium. Mesure's presentation will be held at the Brookdale Library, 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, MN, on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, with a suggested donation of $5, and is sponsored by a coalition of bird conservation groups including Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis, Minnesota Citizens for the Protection of Migratory Birds, and Friends of Roberts Bird Sanctuary. Please share this message with friends and colleagues. If you have questions, please reply to this email. We hope to see you on June 13. Stephen Greenfield Minneapolis Friends of Roberts Bird Sanctuary Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
