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Researchers collected the bodies of birds that crashed into buildings while migrating, and used these specimens to learn about the relationship between birds and the microbes living in their guts which appears to be wildly different from mammals and their microbiomes. The scientists’ work involved DNA sequencing, and a whole lot of bird poop.
The Bird Collision Corps consists of volunteers like Kate and Fred who canvas the ground near buildings for dead or wounded birds, collect them, and log their photographs and locations. The upshot: Bird-friendly glass is helping stop collisions.