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		<title>Collision course: window strikes, dead birds, and what to do about it</title>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dc89ca077f1f8f347cf6a342ecc5a4d5 wp-block-paragraph">It&#8217;s December on a forested slope near the coffee-producing community of Pluma Hidalgo in the Sierra Sur of Oaxaca, Mexico. A small flock of northern emerald-toucanets (<em>Aulacorhynchus prasinus</em>) gives their gentle grunts near a tree with small reddish fruits where they&#8217;ve been feeding. Emerald-toucanets are gorgeous but amazingly well-camouflaged. Their brilliant green feathers, the rusty patch under their tail, even their yellow-and-black bill—all of it just disappears among the trees. Getting a good look at a northern emerald-toucanet is a rare, special experience. Getting to watch them eat fruits, together with western tanagers (<em>Piranga ludoviciana</em>) and rose-breasted grosbeaks (<em>Pheucticus ludovicianus</em>), is even more special.</p>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img decoding="async" width="1009" height="1024" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41-1009x1024.jpeg" alt="Dead northern emerald-toucanet. Photo by Carito Cordero." class="wp-image-5331" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41-1009x1024.jpeg 1009w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41-296x300.jpeg 296w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41-768x780.jpeg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41.jpeg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Dead northern emerald-toucanet. Photo by Carito Cordero.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-28af235acd558c88d7c6b7800b0be671 wp-block-paragraph">But when we stop to visit a friend in Pluma Hidalgo in March and he shows us a northern emerald-toucanet, it is bad news of the worst kind. The toucanet is recently dead, its multi-hued feathers soft and motionless. There is no sign of poor health. We don&#8217;t know what has killed it, why it has turned up dead at his house. But my prime suspect is a window reflection. This is an international issue, wherever birds and windows are found, and this month it&#8217;s time to talk about it. I first learned about this problem while living in Montana, USA. But wherever windows kill birds, the solutions are the same. Most importantly, this<em> is</em> something we can easily solve—and that will make a big difference for the birds. Let&#8217;s jump in.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Collision course</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="817" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-1024x817.jpg" alt="The reflection of trees in a window poses a deadly collision risk for birds." class="wp-image-5183" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-1024x817.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-300x239.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-768x612.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-1536x1225.jpg 1536w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-2048x1633.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A window in Montana reflects the landscape outside, posing a deadly collision hazard for songbirds.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4dfa9bf44c7a69896cc6f35cc41a9ce1 wp-block-paragraph"><em>Helena, Montana, USA, May spring migration. </em>The forceful thud of a bird hitting glass slams me out of my morning routine. <em>Not again</em>, I think. I run outside, hoping I&#8217;ve imagined it.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3a1fd04e103d98d536924a1685f4e9ec wp-block-paragraph">The veery (<em>Catharus fuscescens</em>) lies crumpled on the sidewalk in a soft brown heap. Its black eyes still glisten with life as I gently pick it up and cradle it in my hands. But the bird is listless, stunned and perhaps concussed, its toes barely grasping as I set it down gently away from the window.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-06fd35cb530647ee47053348ca2601c2 wp-block-paragraph">Twenty minutes later, the veery is gone. Perhaps the window simply stunned it and the bird flew off. But I know from a biologist friend of mine, Hilary Turner, that far more birds die from window strikes than just the ones we see. Indeed, a study published in 2024 by Ar Kornreich and others analyzed wildlife rehabilitation records from more than 3,000 birds (of 152 different species) injured in building collisions. These are the birds that someone found alive after a collision. Birds which gave signs of hope: the lucky ones, it would seem, that survived the inicial impact. Someone took them to a wildlife rehabilitation center. They were given veterinary treatment. Even so, the study shows, more than half of them later died.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Disquieting numbers</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1-1024x768.jpg" alt="A migrating Swainson's thrush stopped near a house to forage after a May snowstorm only to collide head-on with a window. This one did not survive." class="wp-image-5184" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A migrating Swainson&#8217;s thrush (Catharus ustulatus) stopped close to a house near Helena to forage after a May snowstorm, only to collide head-on with a window. This one did not survive.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa1d4a471c39c795a67c341285c57297 wp-block-paragraph">Window strikes are a big problem. In the United States, studies rank them second only to domestic cats as the leading cause of bird deaths directly caused by humans. (Deaths caused indirectly by habitat loss are thought to be extremely important as well, but this source of mortality is very difficult to measure.) The numbers are eerie and beyond easy comprehension, and the estimates keep climbing. A 2014 analysis by Scott Loss and others gave a median estimate of <strong>599 million dead birds per year</strong> from building collisions in the US. Almost half of these—roughly 263 million birds—are from houses between one and three stories tall. (Multi-story apartment buildings, offices, and skyscrapers caused the rest.) And for US houses to kill 263 million birds per year, all it takes is an average of 2.1 bird deaths per house per year.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">One billion birds</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354-1024x768.jpg" alt="A western wood-pewee, dead after colliding with an unprotected window near Helena. Note the vegetation reflected by the window in the background." class="wp-image-5365" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A western wood-pewee (<em>Contopus sordidulus</em>), dead after colliding with an unprotected window near Helena. Note the vegetation reflected by the window in the background.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ee53a5f951a4dbf666d2cdf96467fd03 wp-block-paragraph">More recently, the 2024 rehabilitation study has pushed these estimates much higher. Previous studies had assumed that birds that flew off always survived. Now we know that&#8217;s simply not the case. Researchers now estimate that window strikes kill more than <strong>one billion birds per year</strong>—and that&#8217;s just in the United States.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8c7f879f2cda61cd4fed2f13e67a4216 wp-block-paragraph">A few dead birds around a house each year might go unnoticed, especially since predators and scavengers like cats and raccoons may remove carcasses before people find them. But for Helena, Montana birder Stephen Turner (Hilary&#8217;s father), the problem got so bad that it became impossible to ignore. In 2021, he moved into a new house a few miles south of Helena in a mature ponderosa pine forest. Its large windows reflected the surrounding woods, creating what he quickly learned was a death trap for local birds.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e2e1047c05daf65817364efeefcf26e6 wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;We were going through three to five pine siskins a week,&#8221; he told me.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Montana window collisions and bird deaths</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="786" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-1024x786.jpg" alt="An adult cedar waxwing lies dead after colliding with a window." class="wp-image-5185" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-1024x786.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-300x230.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-768x590.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-1536x1180.jpg 1536w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-2048x1573.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">An adult cedar waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum) lies dead after colliding with a window.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5cb5203b2db1ddd24c4cdb054d65fce3 wp-block-paragraph">A few hours away near Bozeman, Montana, Lou Ann Harris of Sacajawea Audubon Society estimates that the windows of her home killed three to four birds during spring migration each year and a similar number in the fall before she began seeking solutions. &#8220;I&#8217;d get waxwings [<em>Bombycilla</em> spp.], and had a Swainson&#8217;s thrush kill itself,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I also had a redpoll [<em>Acanthis flammea</em>] in the wintertime.&#8221;</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8071acb9a231407b0ca6af2ae7a86b92 wp-block-paragraph">With more than 539,000 housing units in Montana, the state&#8217;s houses likely kill over 1.1 million birds each year—and that&#8217;s just based on the old 2.1 deaths-per-house calculation. At their houses, Stephen Turner and Lou Ann Harris have observed a much higher death toll. Even if their observations are outliers, when we add in the birds that fly off only to die later, we&#8217;re probably talking about <strong>several million deaths each year</strong> in the state of Montana alone.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">What about Latin America?</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-95ff74ae126069e774cab7d01729af09 wp-block-paragraph">What about Mexico and the rest of Latin America, with all of the spectacular bird diversity that resides here? I look around our barrio in Santa María Huatulco. Thanks in part to the warm climate, glass windows are much less common here than in the US. What windows there are tend to be small, often contained within the exterior wall of a home. Are window collisions less of a hazard here? </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19ad55572375b4166f961e1f585e5775 wp-block-paragraph">I ask some of my fellow bird observers here about their experiences. Edgar del Valle reports finding a wide range of window strike victims, from doves and robins to warblers and hummingbirds. David Ramírez points out that outdoor mirrors in restaurants and gardens can be death traps for birds, just like windows. Manuel Grosselet mentions a western tanager (<em>Piranga ludoviciana</em>) and a lesser goldfinch (<em>Spinus psaltria</em>), part of <a href="https://wildwithnature.com/2024/03/01/connection-wonder-birds/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">a long-term bird banding study in Oaxaca de Juárez</a>. Most birds banded by scientists are never seen again. But both of these birds did reappear: both of them dead. Both of them killed by windows in the city.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Window collision studies in Mexico</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eda534617d9e8d6ed12722f1596fce25 wp-block-paragraph">Published studies of window collisions in Latin America remain few, far between, and local. In Mexico, we don&#8217;t have any overall estimate of how many birds might be dying each year from these crashes. However, the research that does exist documents that windows kill birds in a wide range of settings: on university campuses, outside government offices, near businesses and homes. They kill birds big and small, migratory species and year-round residents alike. Ruby-throated hummingbirds (<em>Archilochus colubris</em>). White-winged doves (<em>Zenaida asiatica</em>). Swainson&#8217;s thrushes (<em>Catharus ustulatus</em>) and clay-colored thrushes (<em>Turdus grayi</em>). Yellow-bellied sapsuckers (<em>Sphyrapicus varius</em>) and happy wrens (<em>Pheugopedius felix</em>). Blue buntings (<em>Cyanocompsa parellina</em>) and scrub euphonias (<em>Euphonia affinis</em>). Clay-colored sparrows (<em>Spizella pallida</em>) and indigo buntings (<em>Passinera cyanea</em>). Yellow-headed amazons (<em>Amazona oratrix</em>) and cedar waxwings (<em>Bombycilla cedrorum</em>).</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55f212922b36e03e3d98c18f4f7e3fed wp-block-paragraph">I think about the rapid gentrification and tourist development that is happening in many areas, including Huatulco. Surely these changes must be making this problem worse?</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8e5316d2f5a9b93f49cf785679b086ca wp-block-paragraph">The good news is that many of these deaths are preventable, wherever in the world they happen. As research sheds light on window collisions as a major problem for birds, concerned individuals and organizations are developing ways to make windows more bird-friendly.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Making windows bird-friendly</h3>


<div class="wp-block-image">
<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625-1024x768.jpg" alt="Ruth Swenson's adaptation of Acopian BirdSavers at her house near Helena, Montana makes use of a repurposed bamboo curtain instead of parachute cord." class="wp-image-5186" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Ruth Swenson&#8217;s adaptation of Acopian BirdSavers at her house near Helena, Montana makes use of a repurposed bamboo curtain instead of parachute cord.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-db04ce3c9293b75614cbd9fd2e4fab21 wp-block-paragraph">At his home near Helena, Montana, Stephen Turner has installed <a href="https://www.birdsavers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Acopian BirdSavers</a>—a do-it-yourself solution that involves placing vertical rows of a thin rope known as parachute cord 4 inches apart across the outside of each window. Since installing it, Stephen has found evidence of just one window strike in the past two years—a tremendous decrease from his previous estimate of three to five birds per week.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa791bc8bad99c1cc14541fddded8db0 wp-block-paragraph">In Bozeman, Lou Ann Harris has used a white paint pen to trace vertical stripes two inches apart on the outside of her windows, which has also proven effective.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">A variety of options</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="938" height="1024" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-938x1024.jpg" alt="Feather Friendly window dots as viewed from outside and inside at Orange County Parks. Photo courtesy of Feather Friendly." class="wp-image-5426" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-938x1024.jpg 938w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-275x300.jpg 275w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-768x839.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-1407x1536.jpg 1407w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23.jpg 1500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Feather Friendly window dots as viewed from outside and inside at Orange County Parks. Photo courtesy of Feather Friendly, <a href="https://featherfriendly.com/">featherfriendly.com</a>.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4239245de32c3f06a33f338e7b90d004 wp-block-paragraph">The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) has a <a href="https://abcbirds.org/strategies/solutions-for-homes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">list of reflection-reducing options</a> on its website, including commercially sold sticker dots. With all of these methods, the basic goal is to break up the window&#8217;s reflection from the outside. In general, the ABC recommends using vertical stripes spaced a maximum of four inches apart or horizontal stripes spaced two inches apart. Note that putting a couple of decals of hawks or other predatory birds on your windows is not effective.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3af93741ddfb0fece35892da966cd59a wp-block-paragraph">There are also a variety of commercial products designed specifically to prevent birds from crashing into windows. <a href="https://featherfriendly.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Feather Friendly</a> and <a href="https://www.decorativefilm.com/bird-safety-film" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Solyx Bird Safety Film</a> both use a system of prepared lines or dots, similar to the do-it-yourself options but applied as a tape or a film. <a href="https://www.collidescape.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CollidEscape</a> is a window coating that appears opaque from the outside but lets light in and provides a relatively clear view out from the inside. </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2b3a4bb66ca4a11c8b8c209e426bbad5 wp-block-paragraph">In Hermenegildo Galeana State Park in the state of Mexico, Mexico, Manuel Grosselet helped install Feather Friendly dots on the windows of the visitors&#8217; center. He tells me that the center went from roughly one collision every day to zero in an entire year. From homemade hanging cords to commercially available solutions like Feather Friendly, from Montana to Mexico, making windows bird-friendly can be remarkably successful.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Ugly windows?</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1-1024x768.jpg" alt="Ruth Swenson's bamboo curtain-style Acopian BirdSavers make her windows safer for birds and are also aestheticially pleasing." class="wp-image-5187" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Ruth Swenson&#8217;s bamboo curtain-style Acopian BirdSavers make her windows safer for birds and are also aesthetically pleasing.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-48cc66c76181bbdfa6b3d1072dea76ba wp-block-paragraph">What about the aesthetics? Don&#8217;t the lines or dots make windows ugly? Opinions vary, of course, but the people I&#8217;ve spoken with who have installed these solutions say they still enjoy the view from their windows. </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8e693bb32917be69c34dcaf8bf9e2eaa wp-block-paragraph">The Feather Friendly website shows several comparisons of views from inside versus outside after installing their system of dots. I&#8217;m impressed by how inconspicuous the dots are from inside, even though they&#8217;re plainly visible from outside.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1a7a030f9560eb12014cd8d65d31a882 wp-block-paragraph">Ruth Swenson has installed Acopian BirdSavers on her Helena home, repurposing beaded bamboo curtains for the job.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4333baf5c58573ab92c74773e16530aa wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;Actually, I don&#8217;t even notice them—they sort of blend in,&#8221; she reports. &#8220;I&#8217;ve had several friends who, when they see them, have commented on how much they like them.&#8221; </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The lives in our hands</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="719" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641-1024x719.jpg" alt="A veery in spring migration forages amid the aftermath of a May snowstorm. Severe weather during migration can force birds down near houses, and at times like these windows can be especially dangerous." class="wp-image-5188" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641-300x211.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641-768x540.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A veery in the midst of spring migration forages in the aftermath of a May snowstorm in Montana. Severe weather during migration can force birds down near houses, and at times like these windows can be especially dangerous.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4b31eac7016aaf8fc3258f3dceb67acf wp-block-paragraph">There&#8217;s a story behind every window strike victim. For the veery I held in my hands on that late spring morning, it was a story that involved the 5,800-mile migration it had just completed after wintering somewhere in the forests of Brazil. It had survived all the hazards of that migration, precarious thousands of miles on the wing. To arrive a healthy adult bird, ready to sing among the willows and bring forth the next generation, only to have it all cut short by a pane of glass—it was too much to bear. As I held that bird&#8217;s life in my hands that day, the choice seemed clear. It was time to solve the window problem.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c41e87cefed6f8dc441ea549825888a1 wp-block-paragraph">Lou Ann Harris puts it this way: &#8220;You can do something about it, and it doesn&#8217;t cost much money. It just takes caring about these wild birds.&#8221;</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">For veeries and toucanets</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="836" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686-1024x836.jpg" alt="A veery perches in a Russian-olive in Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Montana during spring migration." class="wp-image-5191" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686-300x245.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686-768x627.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">A veery perches in a Russian-olive in Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Montana during spring migration.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a268427cb682cc74ccc042f908fb4332 wp-block-paragraph">Across most of the northern hemisphere, it&#8217;s peak breeding season now for many birds. The ones that survived the windows, the outdoor cats, the constant losses of habitat, the crazy climate. They&#8217;re here, around us, searching for insects and fruits, raising young. </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cd35ad4cd74814214756a799e9d8324a wp-block-paragraph">At the southern edge of Montana&#8217;s Glacier National Park, where Highway 2 climbs west towards the Continental Divide, a veery sings once from the aspens near a beaver pond. Traffic whines in the distance and the veery stops singing, switching back to its mournful calls. </p>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385-1024x768.jpg" alt="Summer rain approaching the tropical forest at the edge of Oaxaca's Sierra Sur." class="wp-image-5406" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Summer rain approaching the tropical forest at the edge of Oaxaca&#8217;s Sierra Sur.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5c057c92e52056dbe202971889890f65 wp-block-paragraph">It rained lightly last night in the lush forest at the edge of Oaxaca&#8217;s Sierra Sur. The air is humid. A pair of northern emerald-toucanets is grunting in the distance. Towards the coast, the sky is the brooding purple-grey of an approaching summer storm. The toucanets stop calling. It&#8217;s starting to drizzle again, raindrops pattering gently down through the canopy, and a thicket tinamou (<em>Crypturellus cinnamomeus</em>) sings to the rain. In the distance, below, is Santa María Huatulco. The far-off roar of traffic bounces off of concrete and windows, rises up the slope.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4df3df1d2cd13cd0be48ac981f021540 wp-block-paragraph">The windows say nothing, but they&#8217;re waiting: a silent death trap for healthy birds, an untimely end to so many possible futures.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-54a47147888272ac28cbdd5771934831 wp-block-paragraph">But it doesn&#8217;t have to be this way. We can cover the windows with Acopian BirdSavers, beaded bamboo hangings, polka dots, or white paint pen lines. With your help, and mine, maybe there will be veeries and northern emerald-toucanets again next year in these places, and the year after that.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e1c6143616e6d47a34af3e6e2be9eb60 wp-block-paragraph"><em>A condensed version of this story in English first appeared in the July-August 2025 issue of <a href="https://fwp.mt.gov/montana-outdoors" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Montana Outdoors</a>. My Spanish translation appears here for the first time.</em> <em>Special thanks to all of the people who helped me with this story: Hilary Turner, Stephen Turner, Lou Ann Harris, Édgar del Valle, David Ramírez, Manuel Grosselet, Ruth Swenson, Jeff Acopian of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.birdsavers.com/">Acopian BirdSavers</a>, Paul Groleau and Ankur Khurana of&nbsp;<a href="https://featherfriendly.com/">Feather Friendly</a>.</em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Further reading</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aea85eb7ee235fa971dd11c7d97bbf24 wp-block-paragraph">American Bird Conservancy. (n.d.) Solutions for homes. <a href="https://abcbirds.org/strategies/solutions-for-homes/">https://abcbirds.org/strategies/solutions-for-homes/</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4e153a4b3f703b95dce1d72c8048c93f wp-block-paragraph">Davidoff, J. (2024). Window strikes are even deadlier for birds than we thought. <em>Audubon Magazine</em> August 2024. <a href="https://www.audubon.org/magazine/window-strikes-are-even-deadlier-birds-we-thought">https://www.audubon.org/magazine/window-strikes-are-even-deadlier-birds-we-thought</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32b0baf8ce349986d7a57ad3645bbc4b wp-block-paragraph">Gómez-Moreno, V. del C., González-Gaona, O.J., &amp; Niño-Maldonado, S. (2019). Colisión de aves en México: la urbanización de un problema creciente y una barrera del vuelo. <em>XXXII Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología. </em><a href="https://cdsa.aacademica.org/000-030/1505.pdf">https://cdsa.aacademica.org/000-030/1505.pdf</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b226e0445d6598a9d379eef22f0a5680 wp-block-paragraph">Gómez-Moreno, V. del C., González-Gaona, O.J., Niño-Maldonado, S., &amp; Lucio-Martínez, M.E. (2023). Mortalidad de aves causadas por colisión en Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. <em>Huitzil</em> 24(1): e-649. <a href="https://doi.org/10.28947/hrmo.2023.24.1.697">https://doi.org/10.28947/hrmo.2023.24.1.697</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a08b315fd968a8f94bdfdbb801e42c9d wp-block-paragraph">Klem, D., Jr. (2009). Avian mortality at windows: the second largest human source of bird mortality on earth. <em>Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference</em> 244-251. <a href="https://birdsmack.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/klem-2008.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://birdsmack.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/klem-2008.pdf</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a2abdb5d6b1fd7b06f73e5428bf715a4 wp-block-paragraph">Kornreich, A., Partridge. D., Youngblood, M. &amp; Parkins, K. (2024). Rehabilitation outcomes of bird-building collision victims in the Northeastern United States. <em>PLoS ONE </em>19(8): e0306362. <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306362" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306362</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55f932ed81a8469aabf725f1895ad92d wp-block-paragraph">Loss, S.R., Will, T., Loss, S.S. &amp; Marra, P.P. (2014). Bird-building collisions in the United States: estimates of annual mortality and species vulnerability. <em>Condor</em> 116(1):8-23. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/116/1/8/5153098" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/116/1/8/5153098</a> </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b6951e11a0db5f1506d35d77f4d06988 wp-block-paragraph">Loss, S.R., Will, T, &amp; Marra, P.P. (2015). Direct mortality of birds from anthropogenic causes. <em>Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics</em> 46:99-120. <a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054133" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054133</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f0974b9944dcaa4c3ab2e895f593ad8e wp-block-paragraph">Piratelli, A.J., Ribeiro, B.C., Dátillo, W., Vázquez, L.B., Ferreira de Almeida Magalhães, A., Gomes Cavalcante, E.M., &#8230; &amp; MacGregor-Fors, I. (2025). Bird-window collisions: a comprehensive dataset for the Neotropical region. <em>Ecology</em> 106(6):e70126. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70126">https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70126</a> </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-03f4b0224ac1c8bafeda088c19406b31 wp-block-paragraph">United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (n.d.) Threats to birds. <a href="https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/threats-birds">https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/threats-birds</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d69a44476dbe4260d3d075281892c94d wp-block-paragraph">Uribe-Morfín, P., Gómez-Martínez, M.A., Moreles-Abonce, L., Olvera-Arteaga, A., Shimada-Beltrán, H., &amp; MacGregor-Fors, I. (2021). The invisible enemy: understanding bird-window strikes through citizen science in a focal city. <em>Ecological Research</em> 36(3):430-439. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12210">https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12210</a></p>



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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="815" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/628321511-1024x815.jpg" alt="A northern emerald-toucanet feeds on small fruits (probably Zanthoxylum sp.) near Pluma Hidalgo." class="wp-image-5332" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/628321511-1024x815.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/628321511-300x239.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/628321511-768x611.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/628321511.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Un tucancillo verde mesoamericano se alimenta de frutos pequeños (probablemente Zanthoxylum sp.) cerca de Pluma Hidalgo.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1e82448dd6fbe5e6de1474a7509667b8 wp-block-paragraph">Es diciembre por una pendiente arbolada cerca de la comunidad cafetera de Pluma Hidalgo, en la Sierra Sur de Oaxaca, México. Una parvada pequeña de tucancillos verdes mesoamericanos (<em>Aulacorhynchus prasinus</em>) da sus gruñidos leves cerca de un árbol con frutos rojizos pequeños donde se ha estado alimentando. Los tucancillos verdes son hermosos pero increíblemente bien camuflados. Sus plumas verdes brillantes, el parche café oxidado debajo de la cola, incluso su pico amarillo y negro—todo simplemente desaparece entre los árboles. Tener una buena vista de un tucancillo verde mesoamericano es una experiencia rara y especial. Lograr verlos alimentarse de frutos, junto con pirangas capucha roja (<em>Piranga ludoviciana</em>) y picogordos degollados (<em>Pheucticus ludovicianus</em>) como hoy, es aún más especial.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Malas noticias</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1009" height="1024" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41-1009x1024.jpeg" alt="Dead northern emerald-toucanet. Photo by Carito Cordero." class="wp-image-5331" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41-1009x1024.jpeg 1009w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41-296x300.jpeg 296w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41-768x780.jpeg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/WhatsApp-Image-2026-04-25-at-16.45.41.jpeg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">El tucancillo verde mesoamericano muerto. Foto por Carito Cordero.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b4b9b676bf5fdb433718777f0e0a707e wp-block-paragraph">Pero cuando pasamos a visitar a un amigo en Pluma Hidalgo en marzo y nos muestra un tucancillo verde mesoamericano, son malas noticias del peor tipo. El tucancillo está recién muerto, sus plumas suaves sin movimiento. No hay ninguna indicación de que estuviera de mala salud. No sabemos qué lo ha matado, por qué ha aparecido muerto cerca de la casa de nuestro amigo. Pero mi primera sospecha es el reflejo del cristal de una ventana.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e8d920e26b7913717df56562daf98130 wp-block-paragraph">Esto es un problema internacional, por todas partes donde se encuentran aves y ventanas, y ya es hora de hablarlo. Primero aprendí de esta problemática mientras vivía en Montana, EU. Pero por todas partes donde las ventanas matan a las aves, las soluciones son las mismas. Más importante, esto sí es algo que fácilmente podemos resolver—y eso va a hacer una gran diferencia para las aves. Empecemos.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Rumbo a la colisión</h3>


<div class="wp-block-image">
<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="817" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-1024x817.jpg" alt="The reflection of trees in a window poses a deadly collision risk for birds." class="wp-image-5183" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-1024x817.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-300x239.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-768x612.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-1536x1225.jpg 1536w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_201354392-2048x1633.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Una ventana en Montana refleja el paisaje de afuera, generando un peligro mortal de colisión para las aves cantoras. </figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-244c8b390e728fdbf2edccd305b3f76c wp-block-paragraph"><em>Helena, Montana, EU, mayo. La temporada pico de la migración primaveral.</em> El golpe fuerte de un ave chocando contra vidrio me saca de mi rutina mañanera. <em>Otra vez no</em>, pienso. Salgo corriendo, esperando que sólo hubiera sido mi imaginación.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-74d7abcbf4a72499659bfbc4dbe817b9 wp-block-paragraph">El zorzal canelo (<em>Catharus fuscescens</em>) está tirado en el pavimento en una pila emplumada de color café. Sus ojos negros todavía brillan con vida mientras lo levanto con cuidado y lo sostengo entre mis manos. Pero el zorzal está apático, aturdido y quizás con conmoción cerebral. Sus dedos apenas aprietan mientras lo pongo cuidadosamente a reposar lejos de la ventana.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dff2cd5b420985757870d04045c725ce wp-block-paragraph">Veinte minutos después, el zorzal canelo ya se ha ido. Tal vez el vidrio nomás lo pasmó y el zorzal ya se fue volando. Pero sé por lo que me ha contado una amiga bióloga, Hilary Turner, que muchas más aves mueren por colisión con las ventanas de las que vemos. En efecto, un estudio publicado en 2024 analizó registros de la rehabilitación de más de 3,000 aves silvestres (de 152 especies) que sufrieron heridas en colisiones con ventanas o edificios. Estas son las aves que alguien encontró con vida después de una colisión. Aves que dieron señales de esperanza: las afortunadas, al parecer, que sobrevivieron el impacto inicial. Alguien las llevó a un centro de rehabilitación. Se les dio tratamiento veterinario. Aún así, el estudio comprobó, más de la mitad terminó muriendo.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Cifras inquietantes</h3>


<div class="wp-block-image">
<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1-1024x768.jpg" alt="A migrating Swainson's thrush stopped near a house to forage after a May snowstorm only to collide head-on with a window. This one did not survive." class="wp-image-5184" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20210521_170429375-1.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Un zorzal de anteojos (Catharus ustulatus) en migración hizo escala cerca de una casa en Helena, Montana para forrajear después de una tormenta de nieve en mayo. Se estrelló contra una ventana; este zorzal no sobrevivió.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-937f69daff8a2a37b6bbf5edd02fe004 wp-block-paragraph">Las colisiones con ventanas son un problema serio. En Estados Unidos, la literatura científica las califica como la segunda causa más grande de aves muertas directamente por culpa de los humanos, después de los gatos domésticos. (Se considera que las muertes indirectas por pérdidas de hábitat son extremadamente importantes también, pero esta causa de mortalidad es muy difícil de medir.) Las cifras de aves muertas por las ventanas son inquietantes y difíciles de comprender, y las estimaciones siguen subiendo.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e7dc779f3efe10dd9e7f020f064664b8 wp-block-paragraph">Un análisis en 2014 por Scott Loss y otros dio una estimación mediana de <strong>599 millones de aves muertas cada año</strong> por colisiones con edificios en Estados Unidos. Casi la mitad de estas—263 millones de aves—son atribuidas a casas de entre uno y tres pisos. (Las otras muertes son atribuidas a edificios comerciales, departamentos de más de tres pisos y rascacielos.) Y para que las casas y sus vidrios mataran a 263 millones de aves cada año en Estados Unidos, tan sólo había que haber un promedio de 2.1 muertes aviarias por casa por año.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Mil millones de aves</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354-1024x768.jpg" alt="A western wood-pewee, dead after colliding with an unprotected window near Helena. Note the vegetation reflected by the window in the background." class="wp-image-5365" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20230605_210525354.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Un papamoscas del oeste (Contopus sordidulus), muerto después de estrellarse contra una ventana sin protección cerca de Helena. Nota la vegetación reflejada por la ventana en el fondo.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7527e80569791b5fb56145d5361c97de wp-block-paragraph">Ya el estudio de rehabilitaciones publicado en 2024 ha aumentado las estimaciones mucho más. Antes los análisis habían asumido que las aves que podían volar después de una colisión siempre sobrevivieron. Ahora sabemos que eso simplemente no es verdad. Investigadores ahora estiman que las colisiones con ventanas matan a más de <strong>mil millones de aves cada año</strong>—y sólo estamos hablando de Estados Unidos.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9cd83b2135d4e7bd87fc04f44567c9cb wp-block-paragraph">Sería fácil no darse cuenta de unas cuantas aves muertas cada año, especialmente porque depredadores y carroñeros como gatos y mapaches pueden remover los cadáveres antes de que los encontramos. Pero para el pajarero Stephen Turner (el padre de Hilary) en Helena, Montana, el problema se volvió tan serio que era imposible de ignorar. En 2021, Stephen se mudó a una nueva casa unos kilómetros al sur de Helena en un bosque maduro de pino ponderosa (<em>Pinus ponderosa</em>). Sus ventanas grandes reflejaban el bosque circundante, creando lo que él pronto aprendió que era una trampa mortal para las aves locales.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9d5714622916430f8e1995424ad3c447 wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;Estábamos perdiendo entre tres y cinco jilgueritos pineros [<em>Spinus pinus</em>] cada semana,&#8221; me contó.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Aves muertas y colisiones con ventanas en Montana</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="786" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-1024x786.jpg" alt="An adult cedar waxwing lies dead after colliding with a window." class="wp-image-5185" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-1024x786.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-300x230.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-768x590.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-1536x1180.jpg 1536w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20250820_200155200-2048x1573.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Un chinito (Bombycilla cedrorum) adulto, muerto después de una colisión con una ventana. </figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cad3a3bf957f92f7db83c146b93a7b0e wp-block-paragraph">Unas horas lejos cerca de la ciudad de Bozeman, Lou Ann Harris de la Sociedad Audubon de Sacajawea estima que las ventanas de su casa mataban a entre tres y cuatro aves cada año durante la migración primaveral y a un número similar en el otoño antes de que ella empezara a buscar soluciones. &#8220;Encontraba chinitos [<em>Bombycilla</em> spp.] muertos, una vez se murió un zorzal de antejos,&#8221; me dijo. &#8220;También tuve un pardillo sizerín [<em>Acanthis flammea</em>] en el invierno.&#8221;</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ecda72ece2f2f9ba4dff6f2134fa241a wp-block-paragraph">Según las estimaciones, las más de 539,000 casas en el estado de Montana matarían a más de 1.1 millones de aves cada año—y esa cifra sólo está basada en la vieja calculación de 2.1 muertes por casa. En sus casas, Stephen Turner y Lou Ann Harris han observado una tasa de muertes mucho más alta. E incluso si sus observaciones son casos atípicos, cuando tomamos en cuenta todas las aves que vuelan después de una colisión sólo para morirse más tarde, probablemente estemos hablando de <strong>varias millones de aves muertas cada año</strong> tan sólo en el estado escasamente poblado de Montana.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Y ¿Latinoamérica?</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-81f48f1642f3f213b8fa9195c3652228 wp-block-paragraph">¿Qué tal México y el resto de Latinoamérica, con toda la diversidad tan espectacular de aves que reside acá? Checo nuestro barrio en Santa María Huatulco. Gracias en parte al clima tropical, ventanas de cristal son mucho menos comunes acá que en Estados Unidos. Los cristales que hay suelen ser pequeños, muchas veces dentro del muro exterior de una vivienda. ¿Habrá menos peligro de colisiones para las aves aquí?</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-869187ecb679bc8fed5f01bd96a41d19 wp-block-paragraph">Les pido a algunos de mis compañeros observadores de aves aquí que compartan sus experiencias. Édgar del Valle reporta una amplia gama de aves que han sido víctimas de cristales, desde palomas y mirlos hasta chipes y colibríes. David Ramírez señala que no sólo las ventanas sino también los espejos al aire libre en restaurantes y jardines pueden ser trampas mortales. Manuel Grosselet cuenta la historia de a una piranga capucha roja (<em>Piranga ludoviciana</em>) y un jilguerito dominico (<em>Spinus psaltria</em>). A los dos se les pusieron anillos  durante <a href="https://wildwithnature.com/2024/03/01/conexion-asombro-aves/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">un estudio de anillamiento de aves a largo plazo</a> en Oaxaca de Juárez. La mayoría de las aves anilladas por científicos nunca se vuelven a encontrar, pero estas dos sí reaparecieron. Las dos se encontraron muertas. Las dos, víctimas de cristales en la cuidad. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Estudios de colisiones en México</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3580566f85e814cf7faed1fc41610ec0 wp-block-paragraph">Los estudios de colisiones entre aves y ventanas en Latinoamérica son pocos y locales. En México, no tenemos ninguna estimación generalizada de cuántas aves estarían muriéndose cada año por estas colisiones. Sin embargo, los estudios que existen resaltan que los cristales sí matan a aves en varios lugares: por universidades, afuera de oficinas de gobierno, por casas y negocios. Matan a aves grandes y chicas, a especies migratorias y residentes de todo el año. Colibríes garganta rubí (<em>Archilochus colubris</em>). Palomas alas blancas (<em>Zenaida asiatica</em>). Zorzales de anteojos (<em>Catharus ustulatus</em>) y mirlos cafés (<em>Turdus grayi</em>). Carpinteros moteados (<em>Sphyrapicus varius</em>) y saltaparedes felices (<em>Pheugopedius felix</em>). Colorines azulnegros (<em>Cyanocompsa parellina</em>) y eufonias garganta negra mesoamericanas (<em>Euphonia affinis</em>). Gorriones pálidos (<em>Spizella pallida</em>) y colorines azules (<em>Passinera cyanea</em>). Loros cabeza amarilla (<em>Amazona oratrix</em>) y chinitos (<em>Bombycilla cedrorum</em>).</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a0b777737f1b791470e3d645dd5767d2 wp-block-paragraph">Pienso en el desarrollo turístico y la gentrificación rápidos que están pasando en muchas áreas, incluso Huatulco. ¿Seguramente estos cambios estarán empeorando esta problemática?</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bb72ba61e6641d56c72d875573d4b594 wp-block-paragraph">Lo bueno es que muchas de estas muertes, donde ocurran en el mundo, son evitables. Mientras la investigación científica resalta qué problema tan serio son las colisiones con ventanas para las aves, individuos y organizaciones preocupados están encontrando maneras para hacer que las ventanas sean más amigables con las aves.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Haciendo las ventanas amigables con las aves</h3>


<div class="wp-block-image">
<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625-1024x768.jpg" alt="Ruth Swenson's adaptation of Acopian BirdSavers at her house near Helena, Montana makes use of a repurposed bamboo curtain instead of parachute cord." class="wp-image-5186" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_005323625.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Ruth Swenson adaptó el concepto de Acopian BirdSavers para su casa cerca de Helena, Montana, utilizando hilos de bambú colgantes que reutilizó de una cortina en vez de un simple mecate.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0ab3387fe4a87f69e9d65334e67d0889 wp-block-paragraph">En su casa cerca de Helena, Montana, Stephen Turner ha instalado algo que se llaman <a href="https://www.birdsavers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Acopian BirdSavers</a>—una solución económica y casera que comprende colgar mecate in líneas verticales cada 10 centímetros a lo largo de la parte exterior de cada ventana. Después de instalarlos, Stephen nada más ha encontrado evidencias de una sola colisión en los últimos dos años—una disminución tremenda en comparación con su estimación previa de tres a cinco aves muertas cada semana.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9c34c17dd25c24bbd1885f5be30a7dd4 wp-block-paragraph">En Bozeman, Lou Ann Harris ha utilizado un marcador de pintura blanco para hacer líneas verticales cada 5 centímetros en la parte exterior de sus ventanas, lo que también le ha resultado eficaz. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Una variedad de opciones</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="938" height="1024" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-938x1024.jpg" alt="Feather Friendly window dots as viewed from outside and inside at Orange County Parks. Photo courtesy of Feather Friendly." class="wp-image-5426" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-938x1024.jpg 938w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-275x300.jpg 275w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-768x839.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23-1407x1536.jpg 1407w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/outside-vs-inside_23.jpg 1500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Cristales protegidos con Feather Friendly desde afuera y desde adentro en Orange County Parks. Foto por Feather Friendly, <a href="https://featherfriendly.com/">featherfriendly.com</a>, utilizada con permiso.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9b5d215a1d75bf6cdff48086a613e5d0 wp-block-paragraph">La Asociación de la Conservación de Aves Americanas (ABC, por sus siglas en inglés) comparte <a href="https://abcbirds.org/strategies/solutions-for-homes/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">una lista de opciones para reducir reflejos</a> en su sitio web, incluso productos comerciales como etiquetas que crean un patrón de manchitas en la superficie de la ventana. Con todos estos métodos, la meta básica es interrumpir el reflejo de la ventana desde la parte exterior. En general, la ABC recomienda utilizar líneas verticales con un espacio de 10 centímetros entre cada una o líneas horizontales a 5 centímetros. Cabe resaltar que ponerle unas cuantas etiquetas de gavilanes u otras aves depredadoras no es eficaz.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-09187354ab4dd32711cb8cda7f196fac wp-block-paragraph">Hay una variedad de productos comerciales diseñados específicamente para evitar colisiones entre aves y ventanas. Tanto <a href="https://featherfriendly.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Feather Friendly</a> como <a href="https://www.decorativefilm.com/bird-safety-film" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Solyx Bird Safety Film</a> utilizan un sistema de líneas o puntitos que se aplican con cinta o película. <a href="https://www.collidescape.org/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">CollidEscape</a> es una capa que se aplica a una ventana haciendo que se vea opaca desde afuera pero relativamente translúcida todavía desde adentro.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-aa7d76d357535389626035217f0f85a1 wp-block-paragraph">En el Parque Estatal Hermenegildo Galeana en el estado de México, México, Manuel Grosselet ayudó a instalar los puntitos de Feather Friendly en los cristales del centro de visitantes.  Me relata que el centro, que antes tenía aproximadamente una colisión diaria, después registró cero colisiones en un año entero. Desde mecates colgantes caseros hasta soluciones comerciales como Feather Friendly, desde Montana hasta México, hacer que los cristales sean amigables con las aves puede ser muy exitoso.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">¿Ventanas feas?</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1-1024x768.jpg" alt="Ruth Swenson's bamboo curtain-style Acopian BirdSavers make her windows safer for birds and are also aestheticially pleasing." class="wp-image-5187" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/PXL_20220523_002444234-1.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Los Acopian BirdSavers de Ruth Swenson, hechos con cortinas reutilizadas de bambú, hacen sus ventanas más seguras para las aves y también tienen una buena estética.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f414b75b55aa338cae005ea04ee8676a wp-block-paragraph">¿Qué tal la estética? ¿No se ven feas las ventanas con estas líneas o puntitos? Hay una variedad de opiniones, desde luego, pero la gente con la que he hablado que ha instalado estas soluciones dice que todavía disfruta la vista de sus ventanas. </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c60d4ddb908ad112bfc1e1ad8923be78 wp-block-paragraph">El sitio web de Feather Friendly muestra unas comparaciones de la vista desde adentro y desde afuera después de instalar su película de puntitos. Me impresiona que desde adentro casi no se ven los puntitos, aunque son plenamente visibles desde afuera. </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-13d8003fd6fee3b2b7bdd91567b9240c wp-block-paragraph">Ruth Swenson ha instalado una versión de los Acopian BirdSavers en su casa en Helena, reutilizando cortinas de bambú para hacerlo.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-626f3a3cee85143231e6365f8a2c3b93 wp-block-paragraph">&#8220;De hecho, ni me doy cuenta de ellos—se combinan con el paisaje,&#8221; reporta. &#8220;He hablado con varios amigos que, al verlos, me han comentado de qué tanto les gustan.&#8221;</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Las vidas en nuestras manos</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="719" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641-1024x719.jpg" alt="A veery in spring migration forages amid the aftermath of a May snowstorm. Severe weather during migration can force birds down near houses, and at times like these windows can be especially dangerous." class="wp-image-5188" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641-1024x719.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641-300x211.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641-768x540.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/341624641.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Un zorzal canelo en la migración primaveral forrajea en Montana después de una tormenta de nieve en mayo. Tormentas severas durante la migración pueden obligar a las aves a aterrizar cerca de las casas, y en estas épocas las ventanas pueden ser especialmente peligrosas. </figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-612abc3c204aff2fcee7ea7973744b59 wp-block-paragraph">Hay una historia detrás de cada ave que resulta víctima de una ventana. Por el zorzal canelo que sostuve en mis manos esa mañana a finales de la primavera, era una historia que involucraba una migración de 9,300 kilómetros que apenas había cumplido después de pasar el invierno en las selvas de Brasil. Había sobrevivido todos los peligros de esa migración, precarios miles de kilómetros en el ala. Llegando sano, un adulto listo para cantar entre los sauces y criar la siguiente generación, sólo para que todo se terminara con un cristal—era demasiado para soportar. Mientras sostenía la vida de ese zorzal en mis manos ese día, la decisión me pareció clara. Era tiempo para resolver el problema de las ventanas.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be43ff31c42f81dcb590dd54409fd7a9 wp-block-paragraph">Lou Ann Harris lo resume: &#8220;Puedes hacer algo al respecto, y no cuesta mucho. Basta con importarte el bienestar de estas aves silvestres.&#8221;</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Un zorzal canelo</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="836" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686-1024x836.jpg" alt="A veery perches in a Russian-olive in Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge, northeastern Montana during spring migration." class="wp-image-5191" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686-1024x836.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686-300x245.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686-768x627.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/619900686.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Un zorzal canelo descansa de la migración primaveral en un árbol del paraíso (Elaeagnus angustifolia) en el Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge en el noreste de Montana. </figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-43b841eac76576769b5ba21d643eff34 wp-block-paragraph">A lo largo del hemisferio norte, ya es la temporada pico de reproducción para muchas aves. Las que sobrevivieron las ventanas, los gatos al aire libre, las pérdidas constantes de hábitat, el clima cada vez más loco. Están aquí, alrededor de nosotros, buscando insectos y frutos, criando a sus polluelos.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bce8d71521ad963b3809b1be74ed019d wp-block-paragraph">En el extremo sur del Parque Nacional de los Glaciares en Montana, donde la Carretera Federal 2 asciende hacia el oeste rumbo a la Divisoria Continental, un zorzal canelo canta una vez desde los alamillos (<em>Populus tremuloides</em>) cerca del charco donde unos castores tienen su presa. El tráfico se queja en la distancia y el zorzal deja de cantar, cambiando otra vez a sus llamadas tristes. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Los tucancillos</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385-1024x768.jpg" alt="Summer rain approaching the tropical forest at the edge of Oaxaca's Sierra Sur." class="wp-image-5406" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/PXL_20260607_144023385.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Una tormenta se acerca.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2afc24b929c41dba4f39b4bdf64b32a8 wp-block-paragraph">Llovió un poco en la noche en un parche de selva verde en el borde de la Sierra Sur de Oaxaca. El aire está húmedo. Una pareja de tucancillos verdes mesoamericanos está llamando en la distancia. Hacia la costa, el cielo está pintado del azul gris de una tormenta veraniega inminente. Los tucancillos dejan de llamar. Está empezando la llovizna de nuevo, gotas de lluvia golpeteando ligeramente al dosel. Un tinamú canelo (<em>Crypturellus cinnamomeus</em>) canta a la lluvia. Abajo en la distancia está Santa María Huatulco. El rugido lejano del tráfico rebota en concreto y cristal, asciende por la ladera. </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e970ab3f6333284d4ddd53db77cc737e wp-block-paragraph">Los cristales no dicen nada, pero están esperando: una silenciosa trampa mortal para aves sanas, un final prematuro a tantos futuros posibles.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0b4aff399e1805f5cfadd0a76fa47cc4 wp-block-paragraph">Pero no tiene que ser así. Podemos cubrir los cristales con Acopian BirdSavers, cortinas de bambú, puntitos en etiqueta o líneas de un marcador de pintura blanco. Con tu ayuda, y la mía, tal vez vaya a haber zorzales canelos y tucancillos verdes mesoamericanos en estos lugares otra vez el año que viene, y el año después.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e3b955bcc7a5af5d17e4466154bb338a wp-block-paragraph"><em>Una versión condensada de esta historia en inglés primero se publicó en la edición de julio-agosto 2025 de <a href="https://fwp.mt.gov/montana-outdoors" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Montana Outdoors</a>. Mi traducción al español aparece aquí por la primera vez. Muchas gracias en especial a todas las personas que me ayudaron con esta historia: Hilary Turner, Stephen Turner, Lou Ann Harris, Édgar del Valle, David Ramírez, Manuel Grosselet, Ruth Swenson, Jeff Acopian de <a href="https://www.birdsavers.com/">Acopian BirdSavers</a>, Paul Groleau y Ankur Khurana de <a href="https://featherfriendly.com/">Feather Friendly</a>.</em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Leer más</h3>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5fafac93aff5642c7c9557ba9d03f858 wp-block-paragraph">American Bird Conservancy. (sin fecha). Solutions for homes. <a href="https://abcbirds.org/strategies/solutions-for-homes/">https://abcbirds.org/strategies/solutions-for-homes/</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4e153a4b3f703b95dce1d72c8048c93f wp-block-paragraph">Davidoff, J. (2024). Window strikes are even deadlier for birds than we thought. <em>Audubon Magazine</em> August 2024. <a href="https://www.audubon.org/magazine/window-strikes-are-even-deadlier-birds-we-thought">https://www.audubon.org/magazine/window-strikes-are-even-deadlier-birds-we-thought</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32b0baf8ce349986d7a57ad3645bbc4b wp-block-paragraph">Gómez-Moreno, V. del C., González-Gaona, O.J., &amp; Niño-Maldonado, S. (2019). Colisión de aves en México: la urbanización de un problema creciente y una barrera del vuelo. <em>XXXII Congreso de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Sociología. </em><a href="https://cdsa.aacademica.org/000-030/1505.pdf">https://cdsa.aacademica.org/000-030/1505.pdf</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b226e0445d6598a9d379eef22f0a5680 wp-block-paragraph">Gómez-Moreno, V. del C., González-Gaona, O.J., Niño-Maldonado, S., &amp; Lucio-Martínez, M.E. (2023). Mortalidad de aves causadas por colisión en Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México. <em>Huitzil</em> 24(1): e-649. <a href="https://doi.org/10.28947/hrmo.2023.24.1.697">https://doi.org/10.28947/hrmo.2023.24.1.697</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a08b315fd968a8f94bdfdbb801e42c9d wp-block-paragraph">Klem, D., Jr. (2009). Avian mortality at windows: the second largest human source of bird mortality on earth. <em>Proceedings of the Fourth International Partners in Flight Conference</em> 244-251. <a href="https://birdsmack.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/klem-2008.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://birdsmack.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/klem-2008.pdf</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7f90f5876a0b1566012e5eb92202faa7 wp-block-paragraph">Kornreich, A., Partridge. D., Youngblood, M. &amp; Parkins, K. (2024). Rehabilitation outcomes of bird-building collision victims in the Northeastern United States. <em>PLoS ONE </em>19(8): e0306362. <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306362" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306362</a> </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-55f932ed81a8469aabf725f1895ad92d wp-block-paragraph">Loss, S.R., Will, T., Loss, S.S. &amp; Marra, P.P. (2014). Bird-building collisions in the United States: estimates of annual mortality and species vulnerability. <em>Condor</em> 116(1):8-23. <a href="https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/116/1/8/5153098" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/116/1/8/5153098</a> </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b6951e11a0db5f1506d35d77f4d06988 wp-block-paragraph">Loss, S.R., Will, T, &amp; Marra, P.P. (2015). Direct mortality of birds from anthropogenic causes. <em>Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics</em> 46:99-120. <a href="https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054133" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.annualreviews.org/content/journals/10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-112414-054133</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d63008d0198620c8a530745afadb26f wp-block-paragraph">Piratelli, A.J., Ribeiro, B.C., Dátillo, W., Vázquez, L.B., Ferreira de Almeida Magalhães, A., Gomes Cavalcante, E.M., &#8230; &amp; MacGregor-Fors, I. (2025). Bird-window collisions: a comprehensive dataset for the Neotropical region. <em>Ecology</em> 106(6):e70126. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70126">https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70126</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b1249e138b61a11e0d2eb5c8796b869e wp-block-paragraph">United States Fish and Wildlife Service. (sin fecha). Threats to birds. <a href="https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/threats-birds">https://www.fws.gov/library/collections/threats-birds</a></p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f5a7e36ab2e0039252d2420b82bd2c91 wp-block-paragraph">Uribe-Morfín, P., Gómez-Martínez, M.A., Moreles-Abonce, L., Olvera-Arteaga, A., Shimada-Beltrán, H., &amp; MacGregor-Fors, I. (2021). The invisible enemy: understanding bird-window strikes through citizen science in a focal city. <em>Ecological Research</em> 36(3):430-439. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12210">https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12210</a> </p>



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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260327_003827953-1-1024x768.jpg" alt="Sunset in the pine forests of the Sierra Norte of Oaxaca, Mexico." class="wp-image-5303" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260327_003827953-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260327_003827953-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260327_003827953-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260327_003827953-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260327_003827953-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">La puesta del sol en el bosque de pino de la Sierra Norte de Oaxaca, México. </figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2b2d3e6733d959940e5aab3349814cf8 wp-block-paragraph">Un anochecer a finales de marzo entre los pinos de la Sierra Norte de Oaxaca. Un mirlo primavera (<em>Turdus migratorius</em>) canta al crepúsculo y me duele la nostalgia. Las montañas ondulan hacia el noroeste en vastas siluetas azules. Montana está incomprensiblemente lejos. El canto del mirlo me lleva los miles de kilómetros en un instante y estoy en casa, Missoula con la primavera en ciernes, los brotes hinchados de los álamos por el río, las llamadas de los picamaderos norteamericanos (<em>Dryocopus pileatus</em>). Podría abordar un avión, empeorar el crisis climático y estar en casa mañana. Pero ya he tomado mi decisión. Este año no voy a regresar.&nbsp;</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-50ca3079a51678f62001df83d1f7708a wp-block-paragraph">El mirlo primavera sigue cantando. Los tapacaminos cuerporruín mexicanos (<em>Antrostomus arizonae</em>) se unen con sus voces roncas. El mirlo está aquí, aunque su voz familiar me hace extrañar estar allá, y probablemente aquí se quede, en el extremo sur de una extensa distribución reproductiva que abarca la mayor parte de Norteamérica. Y este año, aquí yo me quedaré también.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">La arenilla</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054-1024x768.jpg" alt="Biodiverse agriculture in the terreno of the abuelo Teo. Nopales, banana, and soursop." class="wp-image-5304" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Agricultura biodiversa en el terreno del abuelo Teo. Nopales, plataneras y guanábanos.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-078d4e9a635b2619db50628b9f469baf wp-block-paragraph">Nunca tuve pensado dividir mi vida entre dos países, pero intervino el amor. Y este año, por tanto que extraño Montana, mis amigos, mi familia, mi trabajo veraniego como biólogo de campo y la tierra de allá que conozco tan bien, hay muchas razones por las que quedarme aquí. Mis Estados Unidos, antes relativamente libres, ya están bajo ataque por su propio presidente, y allá Carito estaría en peligro. El cambio climático sigue intensificándose. Duele viajar tanto en avión. Y aquí, Carito y yo hemos empezado un proyecto grande.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7992188ced29202cfcbd82164badae89 wp-block-paragraph">Cerca del terreno de su abuelo Teo está un pedazo de tierra que no se cultiva desde hace unas décadas. En el tiempo que he vivido acá, me he animado cada vez más sobre el cultivo sustentable de alimentos, todo el conocimiento de eso que existe acá, todas las posibilidades para tener cultivos ecológicos. El abuelo Teo en particular me inspira con el tipo de agricultura biodiversa que practica. Y así, en algún momento este invierno mientras yo estaba hablando de querer sembrar camote morado (<em>Ipomoea batatas</em>) y yuca (<em>Manihot esculenta</em>), él me dijo: <em>está esa esquina cerca del río, la arenilla. Puedes limpiarlo y sembrarlo si quieres.</em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Maracuyá y camote morado</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806-768x1024.jpg" alt="My mom and Carito with the banana plant we found within the dense vegetation of the arenilla." class="wp-image-5307" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806-225x300.jpg 225w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Mi mamá y Carito con la platanera que encontramos dentro de la vegetación densa de la arenilla. </figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-add461062e31fdde555b92f061fee3aa wp-block-paragraph">Así es que en estos meses he estado yendo a la arenilla con un machete y un serrucho. Algunos días Carito va conmigo, otros días me trae el almuerzo. Cuando nos visitó mi mamá, ella ayudó también. He estado conociendo este parche de bejucos, hierbas y árboles pequeños. Abriéndolo para que entre más luz, una pequeña perturbación en la selva. Leyendo, sembrando e imaginando: las técnicas tradicionales de la milpa, los sistemas agroforestales de las naciones isleñas del Pacífico, cuáles plantas necesitan la tierra húmeda del arroyo y cuáles pueden soportar la tierra seca más hacia arriba. Preparándome para mayo y junio, el comienzo de la temporada de lluvias: el tiempo para sembrar.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-37f0098882e1d6b157c5f62ec5e905a6 wp-block-paragraph">Hay muchas plantas para conocer: plátano (<em>Musa</em> spp.), caña (<em>Saccharum officinarum</em>), malanga (<em>Colocasia esculenta</em>), coco (<em>Cocos nucifera</em>). Las plantas de rápido crecimiento de la milpa: maíz (<em>Zea mays</em>), frijol (<em>Phaseolus vulgaris</em>), calabaza (<em>Cucurbita </em>spp.), bule (<em>Lagenaria siceraria</em>), papaya (<em>Carica papaya</em>), chile (<em>Capsicum</em> spp.), tomate (<em>Solanum lycopersicum</em>). Maracuyá (<em>Passiflora edulis</em>), camote morado (<em>Ipomoeas batata</em>), cacahuate (<em>Arachis hypogaea</em>), ñame (<em>Dioscorea</em> spp.), yuca (<em>Manihot esculenta</em>) y bambú, flor de Jamaica (<em>Hibiscus sabdariffa</em>) y té limón (<em>Cymbopogon citratus</em>). Cacao (<em>Theobroma cacao</em>), jengibre (<em>Zingiber officinale</em>), cúrcuma (<em>Curcuma longa</em>). Palo de pan (<em>Artocarpus altilis</em>), limón (<em>Citrus</em> spp.), carambola (<em>Averrhoa carambola</em>), zapote negro (<em>Diospyros nigra</em>). Chayote (<em>Sechium edule</em>) y estropajo (<em>Luffa aegyptiaca</em>), ajonjolí (<em>Sesamum indicum</em>) y okra (<em>Abelmoschus esculentus</em>). Y todavía, Montana me llama. Hay días que me siento muy dividido. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Tinamúes cerca del naranjal</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839-1024x768.jpg" alt="Dawn, April 1st." class="wp-image-5308" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">El amanecer del 1ro de abril.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7134797ad38cd6046883755aa7ea704e wp-block-paragraph">Pero mientras Trump conduce una guerra sin sentido en Irán, mientras Montana pasa de un invierno muy seco a una primavera hecha impredecible en un clima vuelto loco, mientras el comercio global de fertilizantes se contrae abruptamente y el sistema tan sensible de la agricultura industrial tiembla, algo de cuidar esta tierra me parece tener sentido.</p>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="821" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464-1024x821.jpg" alt="Clay-colored thrush." class="wp-image-5309" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464-300x241.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464-768x616.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Mirlo café.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-82f77ea5562441869c63f6df1fbe0119 wp-block-paragraph">1 de abril de 2026. Los tinamúes canelos (<em>Crypturellus cinnamomeus</em>) cantan desde la selva cerca del naranjal mientras el cielo pálido al este espera el amanecer. Están cerca los tinamúes, más cerca de que nunca los he escuchado. </p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4fdc720f6ad1e51d6c05823066d78c6f wp-block-paragraph">Los árboles sólo eran siluetas contra un alba rosada cuando pasé el terreno del abuelo Teo caminando hace 20 minutos, pero ya hay suficiente luz para leer. Debajo de mí, la terracería sigue bajando hacia la arenilla, y puedo ver en la distancia el claro donde he sembrado milpa y plataneras. Un mirlo café (<em>Turdus grayi</em>), uno de los parientes costeños del mirlo primavera de la sierra, canta desde la copa de un palo mulato (<em>Bursera simaruba</em>). Nuevas hojas y brotes florales están emergiendo alrededor de él. Y desde el naranjal escucho algo más, un ave que suena como un juguete chillón—¡un papamoscas rayado común (<em>Myiodynastes luteiventris</em>)! Desde sus tierras invernales en Sudamérica, este papamoscas ha llegado para pasar el verano aquí en Oaxaca.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Los que migran y los que se quedan</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351-1024x768.jpg" alt="Young milpa in the moister part of the arenilla: corn, beans, and squash with papaya, okra, and banana." class="wp-image-5310" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">La milpa joven en la parte más húmeda de la arenilla: maíz, frijol y calabaza con papaya, okra y plataneras. </figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2e40d15519a110bc44f7b5f3ef275e62 wp-block-paragraph">Es la primera vez que he escuchado a esta ave. En los otros años, siempre me he ido para Montana antes de que llega. El canto del mirlo café, la llegada del papamoscas rayado común, el coro fuerte de los tinamúes canelos: la primavera está llegando aquí, también, en el calor de la temporada seca en la selva tropical oaxaqueña. Chipes y víreos están migrando hacia el norte. <em>Me saludan a Montana cuando lleguen hasta allá, mis amigos. </em>Y este año, aquí me voy a quedar, con los tinamúes canelos, la milpa y el papamoscas rayado común. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Historias relacionadas</h3>



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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5ead5964ee05d1459246088e045691b7 wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://wildwithnature.com/2025/04/01/viaje-hacia-picamaderos-norteamericanos/">Viaje hacia los picamaderos norteamericanos: encontrando calma bajo estrés</a></p>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-250fdc73507cacea24a4018ab9f2b855 wp-block-paragraph">Dusk at the end of March in the pines of Oaxaca’s Sierra Norte. An American robin (<em>Turdus migratorius</em>) sings to the twilight and I ache with homesickness. The mountains roll northwest in vast blue silhouettes. Montana is incomprehensibly far away. The song of the robin carries me the thousands of miles in an instant and I’m home, Missoula at the cusp of spring, the cottonwood buds swelling along the river, the pileated woodpeckers (<em>Dryocopus pileatus</em>) calling. I could hop on a jet, worsen the climate crisis, and be home tomorrow. But my decision is made. This year I won’t be going back.&nbsp;</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b68c7f9c5c575df3a6a33063b91e3071 wp-block-paragraph">The robin keeps singing. The Mexican whip-poor-wills (<em>Antrostomus arizonae</em>) join in with their burry cries. This robin is here, though its familiar voice makes me long to be there, and here it will most likely stay, at the southern tip of a vast breeding range that spans most of North America. And this year, so will I.&nbsp;</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">The arenilla</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054-1024x768.jpg" alt="Biodiverse agriculture in the terreno of the abuelo Teo. Nopales, banana, and soursop." class="wp-image-5304" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20251226_200947054.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Biodiverse agriculture in the terreno of the abuelo Teo. Nopales, banana, and soursop.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4063d850c1303a89a03faeb5a2af58d3 wp-block-paragraph">I never planned to divide my life between two countries, but love intervened. And this year, as much as I miss Montana, my friends, my family, my summer field biology work and the land I know well there, there are many reasons to stay. My once-freeish United States is under attack by its president, and Carito would be at risk there. Climate change continues to intensify. All of the air travel back and forth hurts. And here, Carito and I have taken on a big project.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b7a73aa4a3a96063398ef3c0f0d4d95d wp-block-paragraph">Near the <em>terreno</em> of her abuelo Teo is a patch of earth that hasn’t been cultivated in a few decades. Since I’ve lived here, I’ve gotten more and more excited about local food, all of the knowledge that exists here, all of the possibilities for growing food ecologically. The abuelo Teo in particular inspires me with the type of biodiverse agriculture he practices. And so, at some point this winter as I was talking about wanting to grow sweet potatoes (<em>Ipomoea batatas</em>) and yuca (<em>Manihot esculenta</em>), he told me: <em>there’s that corner down by the river, the sandy arenilla. Clear it, plant it. Go for it.</em></p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Passionfruit and sweet potatoes</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="768" height="1024" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806-768x1024.jpg" alt="My mom and Carito with the banana plant we found within the dense vegetation of the arenilla." class="wp-image-5307" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806-225x300.jpg 225w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260205_182109806.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">My mom and Carito with the banana plant we found within the dense vegetation of the arenilla.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61279628ae1cbf69c86c52f596ee8c2e wp-block-paragraph">And so, in these months, I’ve been going to the <em>arenilla</em> with a machete and a handsaw. Some days Carito has joined me, other days she’s brought me lunch. When my mom visited, she helped too. I’ve been getting to know this tangle of vines, herbs, and young trees. Opening up sunlight, a small patch of disturbance in the tropical forest. Reading, planting, and imagining. The traditional techniques of the milpa, agroforestry systems of the Pacific island nations, which plants need the moisture along the arroyo and which can survive in the drier earth above. Getting ready for May and June, the start of the rainy season: planting time.</p>



<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5505cec32ca35691e7e7569abcc036eb wp-block-paragraph">Many plants to learn: bananas (<em>Musa</em> spp.), sugarcane (<em>Saccharum officinarum</em>), taro (<em>Colocasia esculenta</em>), coconut (<em>Cocos nucifera</em>). The fast-growing plants of the milpa: corn (<em>Zea mays</em>), beans (<em>Phaseolus vulgaris</em>), squash (<em>Cucurbita </em>spp.), gourds (<em>Lagenaria siceraria</em>), papayas (<em>Carica papaya</em>), chiles (<em>Capsicum</em> spp.), tomatoes (<em>Solanum lycopersicum</em>). Passionfruit vines (<em>Passiflora edulis</em>), sweet potatoes (<em>Ipomoeas batata</em>), peanuts (<em>Arachis hypogaea</em>), yams (<em>Dioscorea</em> spp.), yuca (<em>Manihot esculenta</em>) and bamboo, hibiscus (<em>Hibiscus sabdariffa</em>) and lemongrass (<em>Cymbopogon citratus</em>). Cacao (<em>Theobroma cacao</em>), ginger (<em>Zingiber officinale</em>), turmeric (<em>Curcuma longa</em>). Breadfruit (<em>Artocarpus altilis</em>), limes (<em>Citrus</em> spp.), starfruit (<em>Averrhoa carambola</em>), black persimmon (<em>Diospyros nigra</em>). Chayote (<em>Sechium edule</em>) and luffa gourd (<em>Luffa aegyptiaca</em>), sesame (<em>Sesamum indicum</em>) and okra (<em>Abelmoschus esculentus</em>). And still, Montana tugs at me. Some days I feel very torn in two.</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Tinamous near the orange grove</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839-1024x768.jpg" alt="Dawn, April 1st." class="wp-image-5308" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260401_115837839.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Dawn, April 1st.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4dec3b499b84e2f6f4b8b82a06c2ffd0 wp-block-paragraph">But as Trump wages a senseless war in Iran, as Montana passes from a dry, dry winter into a climate-crazy spring, as the global fertilizer trade contracts abruptly and the spinning plates of industrial agriculture teeter, something about tending this land makes sense to me.</p>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="821" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464-1024x821.jpg" alt="Clay-colored thrush." class="wp-image-5309" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464-1024x821.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464-300x241.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464-768x616.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/629980464.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Clay-colored thrush.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-edc0f2fb897d7ea0bbcc5ef3cdea6f15 wp-block-paragraph">April 1st, 2026. The thicket tinamous (<em>Crypturellus cinnamomeus</em>) sing from the forest near the orange grove as the pale eastern sky awaits the sunrise. The tinamous are close, the closest I’ve ever heard them. The trees were just silhouettes against a rosy dawn as I walked past the terreno of the abuelo Teo 20 minutes ago, but now there’s enough light to read by. Below me, the dirt track drops down toward the <em>arenilla</em>, and I can see the clearing along the arroyo where I’ve planted milpa and bananas. A clay-colored thrush (<em>Turdus grayi</em>), one of the coastal cousins of the American robin of the sierra, sings from the top of a <em>palo mulato</em> (<em>Bursera simaruba</em>). New leaves and flower buds are emerging around it. And from the orange grove I hear something else, a bird that sounds like a squeaky toy—a sulphur-bellied flycatcher (<em>Myiodynastes luteiventris</em>)! From its South American winter range, this flycatcher has arrived to spend the summer here in Oaxaca.&nbsp;</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Those that migrate and those that stay</h3>


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<figure class="alignright size-large is-resized"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="768" src="http://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351-1024x768.jpg" alt="Young milpa in the moister part of the arenilla: corn, beans, and squash with papaya, okra, and banana." class="wp-image-5310" style="width:500px" srcset="https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351-300x225.jpg 300w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351-768x576.jpg 768w, https://wildwithnature.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/PXL_20260411_140421351.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Young milpa in the moister part of the arenilla: corn, beans, and squash with papaya, okra, and banana.</figcaption></figure>
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<p class="has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f22f8882dad4150d2aa84637a51ac209 wp-block-paragraph">It’s my first time hearing this bird. In past years, I’ve always left for Montana before it arrives. The song of the clay-colored thrush, the arrival of the sulphur-bellied flycatcher, the full-on chorus of the thicket tinamous: spring is arriving here, too, in the heat of the dry season in the Oaxacan tropical forest. Warblers and vireos are on their way north. <em>Say hi to Montana for me when you get there, my friends.</em> And here, this year, I’ll stay, with the thicket tinamous, the milpa, and the sulphur-bellied flycatcher.</p>



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