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Discussion => General Discussions => Topic started by: Murray on March 08, 2010, 09:27:37 PM

Title: Article from Toronto Star
Post by: Murray on March 08, 2010, 09:27:37 PM

Not the first time reading about these buildings.
Unfortunately won't be the last time either.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article ... birds?bn=1 (http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/776930--mirrored-towers-a-fatal-attraction-to-birds?bn=1)

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Post by: Leslie on March 09, 2010, 03:29:15 PM

I don't know much about these particular buildings, but they don't seem to comply with the City of Toronto's Bird-friendly Development Guidelines.
Does anybody know what EPA (referred to in article) is?  The initials could stand for Environmental Protection Act, but I didn't know we in Canada had one of those.  We do have a federal Migratory Birds Convention Act, but it seems to be more about what you can't hunt than how you must build sensibly.

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Post by: egret on March 09, 2010, 03:52:21 PM

This is so very sad

Im not out that way much
but think I recall seeing these


the poor birds
not fair

and of course
all about $$$$$$

Menkes would not respond
it says


:((


Egret

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Post by: angieinto on March 11, 2010, 01:12:21 PM

Heartbreaking.  :(
I re-posted this on my Facebook Page.

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Post by: Lee on March 16, 2010, 11:19:57 PM

I worked at 200 Consilium for years, long before I became a birder, and one of my co-workers and I used to go around the building during our breaks and pick up injured birds.  If they survived she'd take them home at lunch time and release them.  Some were only stunned but others died.

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Post by: Anonymous on March 17, 2010, 09:36:23 AM

As I live just north of these buildings, I can tell you that they were created back in the 80's.  They meet all environmental standards set out for buildings that were created at that time.  Same goes for the Royal Bank tower down here where I work.