New Apple Store in Chicago kills birds

[Catherine]

The new Apple Store in Chicago may be a wonder of glass and light, but it is also a bird killer. Especially during migrating season large numbers of birds collide with the building every night.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...t33e2UaGih


https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...WBPHlWPObY

I am glad to hear that Apple is responding, but why are they not turning the lights out right away. Other fixes might take time, but the lights are obvious and doable. 
Actually the problem of bird strikes with buildings is well known so why didn't they build a bird safe building in the first place.
As I type I am very glad that I am not using an Apple product.


There is a building in Texas that proved to be very deadly to birds. They responded right away by shutting down lights and are now looking for other ways to help birds.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...4Rqbp-ruA3


This is not a new problem. Toronto like many other cities is deadly to migrating birds. Work is being done to rescue the injured, document the deaths and convince buildings to turn out lights. Some are more responsive than others.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...M38ntPlJQR


There are ways to build bird safe buildings.

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...7ebrf1CEVR


We have to do something. The bird populations cannot sustain such terrible losses without being put at risk for extinction. 
We should never have built such buildings, now that we have we must make them bird safe.

I would have expected better of Apple.