Two Jade Plants

 

We’ve lived in our home more than a year. One reason we chose this place is the lovely sun room the previous owners built, with huge windows opening on the back garden. As we were moving in last fall, a confused dove flew right into one of them. Last week as I was enjoying the sun room, a robin did the same thing. The robin survived. The dove did not. So, I was especially interested to learn about Chicago’s McCormick Place, the largest convention center in North America. In a single night during last year’s autumn migration, over a thousand birds fatally crashed into the building’s windows. This year, McCormick Place spent $1.2 million to install an adhesive film covered with tiny white dots on the window/walls. The dots are invisible to humans, but should help birds distinguish between solid glass and open air. With any luck, we’ll find a similar solution on a much more modest budget.