MtDreamcatcher

i can recognize white people as a whole have systemically oppressed POC in america, which is where i live 

most people when they make white people jokes only mean the shitty white people and i am not a shitty white person 

It is migration season in North America and hundreds of millions of birds will be flying overhead every night. This is an incredibly vulnerable time for migratory birds, and there are several simple things we can do to help them.

Data on window strike survivorship. Over 1 billion birds die of window collisions in the US every year. This makes windows one of the TOP killers of wild birds, after domestic cats.

Bird Forecast! See how may birds are flying over you!

1. Turn off outdoor lights if you are able

Outdoor lights confuse and disorient migrating birds. They can cause them to fly off course and exhaust themselves, or they can fly into buildings or other objects.

If you have areas that must be lit at night, consider using downward-facing fixtures.

2. Bird proof your windows

Birds are disoriented by the reflection on glass. External screens or interior shutters/blinds can help prevent collisions, but ideally markings should be on the outside of the window, covering the entire window, no more than 2 inches apart and larger than 6 mm in diameter.

If you are interested, here are two companies that make films and tapes meant to help birds see windows. They are pretty affordable, and are generally stick-on products that are easy to apply.

3. If you find an injured bird, contact a wildlife rehab center.

injured birds may:

be unable to fly or stand

not resist approach or handling

stand crookedly or not use both feet

look ruffled and unkempt (caution: often confused with molting birds)

squint or close their eyes

breathe with their mouths open

Don't try to care for or treat a bird yourself: you will do more harm than good. Birds are very fragile creatures that are frightened of humans, and need to be handled and treated with great caution.

If you are in the United States and cannot find a wildlife rehabber, you can also try contacting your local fish and game commission to see if they have resources. Some local veterinarians may be willing to help.

Here is a resource to find a rehabber in the US:

4. Keep your cats inside

Right what it says on the tin. Some studies estimate cats can kill as many as 3 BILLION birds in North America every year.

There are many types of enrichment that can help keep cats happy and healthy indoors or safely contained outside. That's a bit of it's own topic, which I can make a separate post about if interested.

there have been several instances of young baleen whales running afoul of something and being captured for rehabilitation, yes! they were mostly gray whales.

which makes sense, gray whales are slow enough to get caught in the first place and hardy enough to not immediately stress themselves to death over being poked and put in a tank (as long as hundreds of pounds of delicious shellfish are on offer, anyway)

none of them were ever kept very long, they were rehabilitated to a healthy weight and then released. (healthy weight for a juvenile gray whale is almost 20,000 lbs. BIG baby)

3, 2, 1 – liftoff!

The Artemis II Moon rocket lifted off from our Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 6:35 p.m. EDT on April 1, 2026. Our live launch day coverage continues on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf_UjBMIzNo

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