{"id":17507,"date":"2025-05-13T15:59:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T19:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?p=17507"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:39","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:39","slug":"17507","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2025\/17507\/","title":{"rendered":"Buxton Lab Students Turn Windows into Bird-Saving Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Buxton Lab Students Turn Windows into Bird-Saving Art\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Last <\/span>weekend, <\/span>students <\/span>from <\/span>Dr. <\/span>Buxton\u2019s <\/span>lab<\/span><\/a> teamed <\/span>up <\/span>with <\/span>the <\/span>Conservation <\/span>Collective <\/span>to <\/span>transform <\/span>the <\/span>windows <\/span>of <\/span>Nesbitt Building <\/span>into <\/span>a <\/span>vibrant <\/span>and <\/span>life-<\/span>saving <\/span>work <\/span>of <\/span>art. <\/span>The <\/span>group <\/span>painted <\/span>a <\/span>stunning <\/span>bird-<\/span>friendly <\/span>mural <\/span>designed <\/span>to <\/span>prevent <\/span>bird-<\/span>window <\/span>collisions – <\/span>a <\/span>known <\/span>hazard <\/span>for <\/span>migratory <\/span>species <\/span>navigating <\/span>urban <\/span>environments.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The <\/span>initiative <\/span>was <\/span>led <\/span>by <\/span>MSc <\/span>student <\/span>Stasha <\/span>Lysyk<\/span><\/strong>, <\/span>who <\/span>studies <\/span>bird-<\/span>window <\/span>collisions <\/span>as <\/span>part <\/span>of <\/span>her <\/span>graduate <\/span>research <\/span>in <\/span>Dr. <\/span>Buxton’s <\/span>lab. <\/span>Her <\/span>work <\/span>has <\/span>documented <\/span>several <\/span>fatal <\/span>bird <\/span>strikes <\/span>at <\/span>the <\/span>Nesbitt Biology <\/span>building, <\/span>inspiring <\/span>this <\/span>community-<\/span>based <\/span>solution <\/span>to <\/span>make <\/span>a <\/span>meaningful <\/span>difference.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The <\/span>mural <\/span>follows <\/span>bird-<\/span>safe <\/span>design <\/span>principles <\/span>that <\/span>reduce <\/span>window <\/span>reflectivity <\/span>and <\/span>visual <\/span>confusion <\/span>for <\/span>birds, <\/span>helping <\/span>them <\/span>avoid <\/span>deadly <\/span>impacts.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c<\/span>It\u2019s <\/span>amazing <\/span>to <\/span>see <\/span>art <\/span>and <\/span>science <\/span>come <\/span>together <\/span>for <\/span>conservation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Last weekend, students from Dr. Buxton\u2019s lab teamed up with the Conservation Collective to transform the windows of Nesbitt Building into a vibrant and life-saving work of art. The group painted a stunning bird-friendly mural designed to prevent bird-window collisions – a known hazard for migratory species navigating urban environments. The initiative was led by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grad-student-news","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17507"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17520,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17507\/revisions\/17520"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}