Mission

Our goal is to document all bird collisions occurring on the University of Illinois campus to gain a better sense of how migrating birds are impacted by urban architecture. By collecting information during both fall and spring migrations, we are able to gain insight on how buildings impact different migratory species and their patterns. Through this effort, we are also able to push for more bird-friendly architecture, discuss the impact of urbanization on bird populations with campus and community members, enable students to experience the scientific method first-hand from data collection to analysis, and donate all birds to our university's ornithology collection where the birds can serve a greater purpose to be further studied and used by scientists in the future.