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The migrating birds died in Chicago during apparent collisions with the McCormick Place, North America's largest (and highly windowed) convention centre.
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"We’ve never seen anything remotely on that scale."
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Another 1,000 were killed in window collisions across the downtown area, amid calls for more bird-friendly architecture and reduced light pollution
In this image provided by the Chicago Field Museum, workers at the Chicago Field Museum inspect the bodies of migrating birds, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, ...
The songbirds smashed into the windows of McCormick Place in Chicago on Wednesday evening and were discovered when a caretaker for the building noticed a "carpet of dead birds"