Volunteers are absolutely critical to the project and the majority of volunteer work is done within the BirdStrikes survey arm of the project. Surveyors walk designated routes in the Kansas City metro area looking for bird carcasses/injured birds that have struck windows.

Once found, data points are collected to include species and which part of the building the bird hit. Data is collected within the iNaturalist app and used to identify the most problematic windows on a particular building.

BirdSafeKC coordinators then attempt to partner with building owners to treat the windows that are most dangerous to birds. Project volunteers often assist in that partnership by having acted as ambassadors throughout the survey seasons.

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