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Urban environments pose unique challenges for birds including altered access to resources, increased collisions with buildings, reduced habitat quality and connectivity, pollution, and domestic cats. Birds Connect Seattle envisions Seattle as a place where both people and birds thrive. Learn more about our programs working in harmony to reduce these urban hazards and engage people in initiatives that benefit birds, nature, and the neighborhoods we live.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”e3c9ad65-46ae-46c4-9590-83946bf853a6″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][lwp_divi_breadcrumbs font_icon=”5||divi||400″ use_custom_home_link=”off” admin_label=” ” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”fc5b20a0-0ab0-4fc2-b5e0-6b7a2afa37d8″ global_colors_info=”{}”][\/lwp_divi_breadcrumbs][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_3,1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_accordion open_toggle_text_color=”#000000″ open_toggle_background_color=”#FAF5F0″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#FAF5F0″ toggle_icon=”"||divi||400″ icon_color=”#000000″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” toggle_text_color=”#000000″ toggle_level=”h4″ toggle_font_size=”18px” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Prevent Bird-window Collisions” open=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n In July 2020, Birds Connect Seattle launched Bird-Safe Seattle with new strategies to understand bird-window collisions locally and develop solutions to reduce bird mortality through bird-safe building practices.<\/p>\n Learn more about our strategies that reduce urban hazards<\/a> to birds.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Protect Urban Tree Canopy” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Our urban forests<\/a> provide wildlife with shelter, food, and nesting habitat. They also have numerous ecological benefits including urban flood resistance, cooling during heat waves, and improve air quality.<\/p>\n Learn more about Birds Connect Seattle’s participation on the Urban Forestry Commission<\/a> and our leadership in the Seattle Tree Canopy Nework<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Reduce Rodenticides and Pesticides” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Rat poisens, commonly used to manage pests, can have unintended concequences on birds and other wildlife that consume rodents. Herbicides and insecticides can also have negative impacts on bird food sources, water, and habitat.<\/p>\n Learn more about pesticide alternatives<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Become a Community Scientist” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Birds Connect Seattle organizes and administers five different community science surveys, allowing members of the community to contribute to our local and national scientific understanding of birds.<\/span><\/p>\n Learn more about how these Community Science<\/a> programs are shaping our understanding and urban conservation initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Keep Cats Indoors” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Cats kill 1.3\u20134 billion birds each year in the U.S. alone. Keeping cats indoors keeps both the cat and wild bird populations safer.<\/p>\n Learn more about the impact of free-roaming cats<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Learn with Us ” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Birds Connect Seattle offers a variety of activities<\/a> for adults and children to learn more about urban conservation, including diverse perspectives that help us understand how we can all come together to do our part for birds.<\/p>\n Visit our calendar<\/a> for upcoming workshops, events, and classes.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Protect Habitat Quality and Connectivity” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Capitol Hill Connections<\/a> is a collaborative effort by Seattle\u2019s Urban Bird Treaty City partners to restrict pesticide use at Cal Anderson Park, engage the Capitol Hill community in park stewadship events, and develop a vegetation plan for habitat enhancements along 11th Ave E. The planned enhancements\u00a0would help connect habitat patches from Seattle University up to Volunteer Park\u00a0through\u00a0the most densely populated urban village in the Pacific Northwest.<\/span><\/p>\n —-<\/span><\/p>\n Birds Connect Seattle is a leading member of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Urban Bird Treaty<\/a>, recognizing the importance of protecting urban bird habitat, reducing hazards to migrating birds and connecting people to nature. 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