Fleming College wants to be a leader when it comes to being a safe place for birds.
Staff and students at the Frost Campus in Lindsay are working toward becoming Ontario’s first official bird-friendly college campus.
The School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences launched a pilot program aimed at bird conservation, which evolved into the Fleming Bird Conservation Committee.
Feather Friendly window protection has now been installed around the campus. It is estimated that up to one million birds die in North America each year due to window collisions, making it one of the leading causes of bird population decline in Canada and around the world.
The FBCC is also actively involved in conducting education outreach through the School of Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences. It has hosted two community public awareness events focusing on what can be done to mitigate bird window collisions.
(Written by: Jordan Mercier)
