Fifteen Bird-strikes on Two May Days at Omaha

There were fifteen bird-window strikes documented on May 7-8 in eastern Omaha, especially downtown.

Ten of these occurred just on Wednesday. This is the earliest instance of this extent of strike occurrences ever recorded during the past few years of this personal effort.

Ruth Sokolof Theater

¶ disabled male Common Yellowthroat on the west side, near the ticket window (certainly it was not in line to buy a ticket to a movie!)

CenturyLink Center Omaha

¶ disabled Clay-colored Sparrow about ten feet north of the northmost entry

¶ a dead Red-winged Blackbird about 35 feet south of the northmost entry

¶ a disabled Common Yellowthroat about ten feet north of the second from north entry

¶ a dead Northern Waterthrush about three feet north of the southmost convention center entry

¶ a dead Clay-colored Sparrow about 35 feet south of the northmost entry; this was at the same spot as the blackbird found earlier; this carcass was found during a early-morning second visit to the locality

Holland Performing Arts Center

¶ a dead Lincoln's Sparrow at the southeast corner of the courtyard, at the north-facing entry

Nebraska State Office Building

¶ a dead Wood Thrush on the north side, at the section of windows at the eastern end

1200 Landmark Center

¶ a disabled Gray Catbird at the north side of the atrium

Omaha-Douglas Civic Center

¶ a dead Clay-colored Sparrow at the entrance on the side side of the atrium

Thursday, May 8

Five different species were noted during the early morning bicycle rounds, just after a fast-moving rain-storm passed through...

CenturyLink Center Omaha

¶ a dead Common Yellowthroat male about ten feet south of the north corner of the west facade

¶ a dead Clay-colored Sparrow about ten feet north of the first from north entry

¶ a dead Marsh Wren about 35 feet south of the northmost entry

¶ a dead Indigo Bunting between the southmost convention center entry and the third from north entry

1200 Landmark Center

¶ a dead Lincoln's Sparrow at the doorway on the south side of the atrium

Friday, May 9

A cool, cloudy day with westerly wind. Only two instances of fatalities, at two of the regular buildings in east downtown Omaha.

CenturyLink Center Skywalk

¶ a dead Baltimore Oriole on the north side, and the eastern section

1200 Landmark Center

¶ a dead Lincoln's Sparrow on the north side of the tower, at the third pane of glass from the west corner

The tally of bird-window collisions personally documented in Omaha is now at more than 1820 during more than six years of surveys.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service continues to not take any enforcement activity though each strike instance is a violation of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. This agency is basically worthless in this regards at Omaha, and numerous other cities where a multitude of birds are killed or injured in this manner.