This will sound terrible but, ultimately, I dont think my clients will change their design plans. What happens if they dont?
Maybe nothing. Perhaps the window situation at your clients building wont impact birds very much. Perhaps the windows won’t reflect sky or trees may not be close enough to be reflected in the windows. But if there are reflections of trees or sky or something that tempts birds, your clients can look forward to two significant consequences: The dead birds will attract scavengers, which will hang around the building waiting for their next meal. Attracting scavengers of any kind – especially rats – is undesirable and a health hazard for human residents of problem buildings and passersby. If the bird-kill situation is significant, the people who work or visit the building will be disturbed by the sight of dead birds. Worse yet, tenants working by a window will be distressed that birds are hitting the windows. Tenants in one downtown Chicago building have described, unhappily, their experience listening to the distress cries of birds as they strike windows or lie dying below. 10. What about
