Tiny stickers will hopefully help protect vulnerable songbirds at Zion National Park.
Too many birds are harmed or killed by flying into windows at the Utah park. It happens when birds see the reflection of a tree in a window and simply fly into the window, thinking it’s a tree. Other times, birds are scanning their environment rather than looking straight ahead.
Now, park officials are turning to tiny stickers to help. Songbirds can see UV light, so UV dots are being stuck to windows across the park. The spots show up as pink and black to the birds. The goal is to eventually cover up all 18,000 square feet of windows in Zion.
Other window treatments have been used, too—like the silhouette of a hawk—but those weren’t as effective as hoped.
Zion has about 300 species of birds, including warblers, finches and the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher.
