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We are continuing the Window Strike Survey in Fall 2025!
The main season will run from September 10th to November 5th!
We once again are asking for volunteers to help walk morning and evening routes on campus to monitor these bird strikes for vital data. No prior experience is necessary - anyone can walk a route! The shifts are run twice a day on both the North and South Quad (the morning route is 7-9 am and the afternoon route is 5-7 pm).
Stay tuned for upcoming meetings and trainings by joining our email list: https://forms.gle/QeTNk5etkF2rqEUi9
If you have any questions, please reach out to our email: birdstrikes.uiuc@gmail.com
Useful Links for the Current Season:
Please read protocol above if you intend to volunteer
Make sure to walk with one of the project leaders before you walk alone! Please email Sarahj7@illinois.edu to set up a time!
Steps to submit a struck bird
Click the survey link and click “sign in with arcgis online”
Under “your arcgis organization’s url” type in “univofillinois” and hit continue
Sign in with your University of Illinois information
Hit the plus sign in the bottom right corner, and click “browse projects”
Click the UIUC bird strike survey, click “I found a bird,” and follow the instructions!
Spring 2025 Results (updated 8/30/25):
Summary
Species with the highest strike rates:
Dark-eyed Junco
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Hermit Thrush
Buildings with the highest strike rates:
Krannert Art Museum
Business Instructional Facility
Temple Hoyne Buell Hall
Beckman
Law Building
GPS pins of strikes at the 'South Peninsula of Windows' at Beckman
Consistent with other survey seasons, the South quad is struck more frequently in the Spring than the North quad. The opposite is true in the Fall season.
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