BirdSafe UofT

BirdSafe UofT We are FLAP Canada volunteers implementing the Bird Safe Campus on UofT's St George campus.

This Magnolia Warbler fatally collided with Rotman School of Management today. Thanks Michelle for patrolling!
09/17/2026

This Magnolia Warbler fatally collided with Rotman School of Management today.

Thanks Michelle for patrolling!

This Nashville Warbler fatally collided with the Sam Ibrahim building U of T Scarborough (UTSC) 🇨🇦 Thanks Andrew for the...
09/16/2026

This Nashville Warbler fatally collided with the Sam Ibrahim building U of T Scarborough (UTSC) 🇨🇦

Thanks Andrew for the report!

This Blackpoll warbler fatally collided with U of T Scarborough (UTSC) 🇨🇦 Arts and Administration building. Thank you Me...
09/16/2026

This Blackpoll warbler fatally collided with U of T Scarborough (UTSC) 🇨🇦 Arts and Administration building.

Thank you Melisa for the report!

This Red-eyed Vireo fatally collided with the Humanities Wing U of T Scarborough (UTSC) 🇨🇦 These collisions are preventa...
09/16/2026

This Red-eyed Vireo fatally collided with the Humanities Wing U of T Scarborough (UTSC) 🇨🇦

These collisions are preventable and UTSC Sustainability Office has had this building quoted for retrofit a year ago. If you don’t want to see any more protected migratory birds die here, please urge them to retrofit this glass as soon as possible!

Thank you Logan for the report!

This Northern Parula fatally collided with the east side of Edward Johnson building. We suspect because of the distance ...
09/15/2026

This Northern Parula fatally collided with the east side of Edward Johnson building. We suspect because of the distance it is from the building, that it collided with the untreated 2nd story.

Thank you Victoria for the report!

This Ovenbird fatally collided with UofT’s Faculty of Law building this morning. The windows of this building are first ...
09/15/2026

This Ovenbird fatally collided with UofT’s Faculty of Law building this morning. The windows of this building are first surface etch in a vertical linear pattern on bronze glass.

Thank you Anna for patrolling!

This migrating Thrush hit the treated windows of the Student Commons building. This is a great opportunity to talk about...
09/14/2026

This migrating Thrush hit the treated windows of the Student Commons building. This is a great opportunity to talk about what makes window treatment effective. These particular windows are treated following Toronto City Planning Toronto Green Standard, albeit an older version. The markers are spaced greater than 5cm x 5cm apart, and it is an interior pane of glass that they are applied to. We would call this 3rd surface (rather than 1st surface, which is the exterior of the outermost pane).
For bird-collision deterrent markers to provide the best contrast and to break up the reflective properties of glass, treatment always needs to be on the exterior or 1st surface.
Remember, birds’ visual acuity is for the most part, poorer than humans’, so if we can’t easily see the treatment markers, neither can birds.
Birdsafe UofT advocates for effective window treatment to prevent as many collisions as possible and to keep the cost of making glass sustainable as low as possible. We want to see windows treated effectively, the first time. We volunteer our time to monitor and educate on this issue, tirelessly.

Thanks James for the report!




This Red-eyed vireo fatally collided with the D. L. Pratt building today. Thanks heyyy.its.sj for patrolling!
09/14/2026

This Red-eyed vireo fatally collided with the D. L. Pratt building today.

Thanks heyyy.its.sj for patrolling!





This Blackburnian Warbler fatally collided with the Humanities Wing of UTSC. Thank you Joseph Kawalec for patrolling!
09/12/2026

This Blackburnian Warbler fatally collided with the Humanities Wing of UTSC.

Thank you Joseph Kawalec for patrolling!

This Redstart fatally collided with the Ramsay Wright Laboratories today. Thanks Jasmine for patrolling!
09/12/2026

This Redstart fatally collided with the Ramsay Wright Laboratories today.

Thanks Jasmine for patrolling!

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