MIRRORED CABINS -DEATH TRAPS FOR BIRDS

 MIRRORED CABINS -DEATH TRAPS FOR BIRDS

I love hiking in a woodland settings under an umbrella of towering trees while listening to the a chorus of chirping and chattering birds.

Lately,  I have been looking at spending a weekend in a mirrored cabin in the woods.

Mirrored cabins are a growing trend  offering  vacationers an opportunity to “immerse themselves in nature”.

I recently changed mind!

I discovered that a rustic cabin replete with large windows, from top to bottom, that would provide me wonderful opportunity observe wildlife, including birds from the inside, was in reality an instrument of death for the birds!

BIRDS CANNOT SEE GLASS!

To the birds  the vegetation reflected  on the glass is just as just as inviting as the real thing.

Collisions with buildings claim the lives of millions of birds in Canada each and every single year!





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