Gunn Memorial Library - Make Your Windows Safer for Wild Birds

The Gunn Memorial Library is pleased to welcome Vickie Dauphinais of the Litchfield Hills Audubon Society, who will share insights into the vital role birds play in our backyards, the benefits they bring to our ecosystems, and the challenges they face today.

Wild birds, our closest neighbors, are essential to human welfare. They provide a multitude of ecosystem services to improve and support human life. Scientists routinely use birds to gauge the health of ecosystems. Equally important are the personal benefits we receive from their physical beauty, fascinating behavior, and melodious vocalizations.

These precious creatures face many deadly threats in the human landscape. Vickie Dauphinais will discuss a major threat birds face in our own backyards – glass collisions. She will explain how widespread the problem is and, most importantly, offer easy, economical approaches that can be used at our homes and places of business to address it.

Vickie Dauphinais is a member of the Litchfield Hills Audubon Society (LHAS). She serves as chair of the education committee and leads the pollinator garden committee. Vickie enjoys hiking and birding with her Audubon friends. Since retirement from healthcare, she has taken an active role in fulfilling LHAS mission to conserve and restore natural ecosystems, focusing on wild birds and their habitats.

Registration Required: https://www.gunnlibrary.org/calendar/making-your-windows-safer-for-wild-birds/