Class
Article
College
College of Science
Department
Biology Department
Faculty Mentor
Jessica Habashi
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Abstract
Around 97.6–975.6 million birds fatally collide with windows each year in North America. Bird age could be a contributor to the collisions. The central focus of our research project is to determine if there is a statistically significant relationship between the age of an individual bird and the likelihood of a fatal collision with a human-made window. Personally, collected data regarding window collisions, will be obtained from daily surveys of the Classroom and Student Services (CSS) Building at the Utah State University-Brigham City campus (Brigham City, UT 84302). These data will be combined with census data from three previous years. By examining the plumage of the birds that have collided with the CSS Building to determine their ages, we hope to determine whether individual bird age is a determining factor in fatal window collisions. We have collected data with a small sample size and found a nonsignificant trend with younger birds colliding more often than older birds. This ongoing project aims to obtain enough data to determine whether our initial findings reach significance. Presentation Time: Thursday, 1-2 p.m.
Location
Logan, UT
Start Date
4-12-2021 12:00 AM
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Effect of Bird Age on the Likelihood of Fatal Window Collisions at Utah State University's C&SS Building
Logan, UT
Around 97.6–975.6 million birds fatally collide with windows each year in North America. Bird age could be a contributor to the collisions. The central focus of our research project is to determine if there is a statistically significant relationship between the age of an individual bird and the likelihood of a fatal collision with a human-made window. Personally, collected data regarding window collisions, will be obtained from daily surveys of the Classroom and Student Services (CSS) Building at the Utah State University-Brigham City campus (Brigham City, UT 84302). These data will be combined with census data from three previous years. By examining the plumage of the birds that have collided with the CSS Building to determine their ages, we hope to determine whether individual bird age is a determining factor in fatal window collisions. We have collected data with a small sample size and found a nonsignificant trend with younger birds colliding more often than older birds. This ongoing project aims to obtain enough data to determine whether our initial findings reach significance. Presentation Time: Thursday, 1-2 p.m.