"Lessons from Flaco: Preventing Bird Strikes and Honoring Wildlife"
Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, died after striking a building in Manhattan, highlighting the issue of bird strikes, which cause an estimated one billion bird deaths in the US annually. The main cause is the disorientation of migrating birds by artificial city lights, leading to collisions with reflective windows. Solutions to prevent these collisions exist, but require widespread implementation to protect urban wildlife.