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CHICAGO — Annette Prince peered between glossy downtown buildings: ”There’s a bird in that grate.” Sure enough, sitting very still in the rain was a tiny white-throated sparrow, so drenched you could barely make out its canary-yellow face markings. The bird was too dazed to move — an easy target for the hungry seagulls that were patrolling the area. Prince looked up at the nearest skyscraper, ...

Annette Prince peered between glossy downtown buildings: ”There’s a bird in that grate.” Sure enough, sitting very still in the rain was a tiny white-throated sparrow, so drenched you could barely make out its canary-yellow face markings. The bird was too dazed to move — an easy target for the hungry seagulls that were patrolling the area. Prince looked up at the nearest skyscraper, with its ...

A massive bird kill this month highlighted a grim problem: As many as a billion birds die in the U.S. each year by flying into windows and glass walls. Efforts are now underway in cities to dim building lights, make glass more visible, and adopt other bird-friendly practices.

‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse will slice across Americas on Saturday with millions along path

The migrating birds died in Chicago during apparent collisions with the McCormick Place, North America’s largest (and highly windowed) convention centre.