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<\/figure><\/div>January 26, 2026<\/span>Student Design Competition Aims to Reduce Bird Collisions at Stocking Hall<\/span><\/a>The Cornell Lab of Ornithology is hosting a Bird-Friendly Student Art Contest this semester, inviting students to submit imaginative window decal designs by March 30 to help prevent bird collisions at Stocking Hall.<\/p>\n
The competition is open to all Cornell undergraduate and graduate students. Submissions will be accepted from Jan. 20 through March 30. The winning design will be announced on May 5 and will receive a $500 cash prize; second and third-place designs will be acknowledged without monetary awards.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
<\/figure><\/div>May 8, 2025<\/span>“Make UMass Bird Friendly Initiative,” University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/span><\/a>Student Margaret Lepeshkin created the winning design for the \u201cMake UMass Bird-Friendly Art Competition,\u201d which invited members of the campus community to submit ideas for adhesive panels to install on the atrium windows at the Studio Arts Building to prevent bird collisions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
<\/figure><\/div>July 21, 2024<\/span>Fatal Window Strike Reported on Campus, Believed to Be Hawk Fledgling \u201cN2\u201d<\/span><\/a>We are saddened to report that a juvenile hawk has died following a window collision on Cornell University\u2019s main campus. Veterinarians from Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital notified Cornell Lab of Ornithology staff that a deceased juvenile Red-tailed Hawk was recovered near Roberts Hall on the afternoon of July 19, and photo evidence confirmed the presence of a window strike on the west side of the building. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
<\/figure><\/div>June 26, 2024<\/span>Advances in Window Safety Come to the Cornell Lab and Cornell Campus<\/span><\/a>Every year, up to one billion birds die from window strikes in the U.S, species of all sizes brought down by the invisible tragedy of glass. A growing body of research surrounding the severity of window collisions\u2014and ways to avoid them\u2014has resulted in more organizations moving toward bird-friendly buildings, including the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
<\/figure><\/div>August 1, 2023<\/span>Red-tailed Hawk Fledgling\u2014Likely \u201cM2\u2033\u2014Found Deceased On Campus<\/span><\/a>We are saddened to share that a deceased juvenile Red-tailed Hawk was discovered on Cornell University\u2019s campus on August 1. Contractors working on the roof of Bartels Hall notified Cornell Lab of Ornithology staff of a dead hawk in the bushes on the Campus Road side of the building. Based on the location, plumage characteristics, and continued recent sightings of fledglings M1 and M3, the deceased bird is likely to be fledgling M2 from the 2023 Cornell Hawks Cam nest.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
<\/figure><\/div>May 2, 2023<\/span>Group Works to Make Campus Windows Bird Friendly<\/span><\/a>Since summer 2022 \u2013 when two recently fledged hawks on campus were injured and a third died after flying into windows \u2013 a group of Cornell staff, alumni, students and volunteers has worked to retrofit windows on a few buildings so birds can recognize and avoid them, with plans to address the issue on more around the Ithaca campus.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
<\/figure><\/div>December 15, 2022<\/span>“Disrupt the Reflection” University of Pennsylvania<\/span><\/a>As part of a campus-wide initiative to make Penn more hospitable to birds, a Fall 2022 ideas competition asked Weitzman students to design exterior window film for select buildings in order to reduce fatal collisions (\u201cbird strikes\u201d), and five winners have been selected.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
<\/figure><\/div>August 12, 2022<\/span>Red-tailed Hawk Fledglings Face Invisible Challenges<\/span><\/a>On a clear morning in late June, 80 feet above Cornell University\u2019s campus, the youngest of the Cornell Red-tailed Hawks tightroped the railing of its nest. Viewers of the Cornell Hawks cam watched with apprehension, then anticipation as the hawk stopped and gripped the ledge. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
<\/figure><\/div>July 14, 2022<\/span>Sad News, Young Hawk \u201cL1\u201d Found Dead<\/span><\/a>We are saddened to report to the hawk community that one of the fledglings from the 2022 Cornell Hawks cam has died. On the morning of July 14, a juvenile hawk was found dead on the roof of Cornell University\u2019s Stocking Hall, where it was retrieved and delivered to the Janet L. Swanson Wildlife Hospital by a Cornell employee. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/li>
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