Bird Collision Deterrent Marker Installation
at Kitchener Central Library
September 20, 2025
Over the course of two Saturdays, Bird Friendly City Kitchener (BFCK) volunteers gathered at the Central Kitchener Public Library for a brand-new bird-friendly experience! BFCK, a subcommittee of Waterloo Region Nature, seeks to make the region bird friendlier by committing to bird-friendly actions. A bird-friendly city is one that mitigates key threats to birds, restores nature for native birds, engages residents in admiring and monitoring local bird populations, creates events that protect birds, and helps create and lead municipal policy to protect urban birds.
BFCK volunteers worked with City of Kitchener lead, Rachel Voros, to identify a downtown building that would most benefit from the application of bird-friendly window collision decals. With the generous donation of over $2200 in materials by Paul Groleau, Vice President of Feather Friendly Bird Collision Deterrent Markers, and the cooperation and coordination of Kitchener Public Libraries, BFCK volunteers installed Feather Friendly markers on the external side of the Sheriff John Motz Courtyard windows. Come check them out!
BFCK thanks all of the volunteers who were able to help at the install, helping mitigate a key threat to our birds: window collisions, especially during peak migration, kill up to 42 million birds per year in Canada. BFCK also has an active collision monitoring program during migration season in downtown Kitchener. If you would like to volunteer for this, or other programs, shoot us an email at birdfriendlykitchener@gmail.com.