One focus will be revisiting our volunteer program to explore better ways to MM: We have multiple priorities for the year. LH: Where do you see FLAP headed in 2020? The City of Toronto will see more birds being saved through these tougher measures. Then in 2022, instead of allowing for second-surface or interior window film treatment, it’s going to become mandatory that all treatments are on the outside surface of the glass. In 2020, we’ll be looking at an increase in the density of the markers, going from the current 10 cm by 10 cm spacing to a 5 cm by 5 cm spacing. MM: There will be two stages to this update. 5 cm by 5 cm spaced dots on the outside of the glass – Photo: Lisa Horn York University bird-friendly window treatments. What is thisĮxperience like for you after so many years? Still regularly volunteer your time doing bird rescue patrols. LH: Speaking of bird rescue, after over 30 years you We managed to educated thousands of people across the globe and we’re looking forward to seeing the event continue to grow in 2020! We saw almost double the number of participants from the previous year, with 52 teams from 8 countries. It was our second year for this event and we were very pleased with the results. To point to and adopt in their community. Standard is out there, there’s a template for any municipality across the provinces Was one of 25 technical committee members that helped write it. This was in the works for 2 years and FLAP First andįoremost was seeing the release of the Canadian Standards Association’s Bird-Friendlyīuilding Design standard. MM: There were two major achievements in 2019. What were you most excited about personally? LH: Tell me about FLAP’s biggest achievements in 2019.
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Behind all this grim news, there is progress which is a clear indicator that we are moving in the right direction, at least for the bird-building issue. We’re seeing the adoption of more and more guidelines and standards across North America. Recently we’ve seen the news of New York City following the lead of Toronto and passing mandatory bird-friendly requirements for new and existing construction. When you look at the issue of bird-building collisions, there’s a tremendous amount of progress taking place.
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This grim news we see an increase in support to help address these issues. But oddly, I also find myself more motivated because with Michael Mesure (MM): I have mixed feelings about this news.Ī part of me is more frustrated than depressed because these predictions haveīeen out for a long time. How do you stay motivated in the face of this constant barrage of bad news? Photo: Michael Mesure Lisa Horn (LH): 2019 saw a lot of depressing news about the state of bird populations in North America.