It’s not just individuals who are helping to mitigate bird strikes, various entities around Saskatoon are trying to help. That from the executive director of Living Sky Wildlife Rehabilitation, Jan Shadick, who says millions of birds die in North America every hear from hitting windows, and they have volunteers who scout out the areas where this happens most often in Saskatoon to scoop them up and try to rescue the ones that are living. Over the last few years there have been more bird deaths because of large, glass buildings being constructed.

Shadick lobbied the Meewasin Valley Authority a few years back when a builder applied to have four storeys added on to their design. The MVA ruled the builder would need to use bird friendly guidelines, which included leaning the building a bit.

The City of Saskatoon has used what are known as feather friendly dots which you may notice on some of their glassed structures. Shadick says the City built a beautiful, glass paneled overpass in Evergreen which was a death trap for birds, so they added the dots, which helps the birds realize there is an obstacle ahead. She adds that both the University and Wanuskewin have been interested in bird strike mitigation as well.