Glass kills as many as 1 billion to 5 billion birds every year in the U.S. New Nashville recommendations could make it better.
City will cut trees near Nashville Symphony to evict purple martins — again
Last summer, thousands of purplish, sparkly birds descended in tight, spinning columns onto the branches of 10 trees by the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. This was their home away from home, a safe place for them to assemble before migrating to South America, and also a spectacle for passersby in recent years.
Wildlife in ‘the middle of honky-tonk land’: Thousands of purple martins will be in downtown Nashville for just a few more weeks
Every night, as soon as the sky fades to lilac, thousands and thousands of purple martin birds descend next to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in downtown Nashville.
Are you seeing purple martins? Nashville bird advocates want to know.
Purple martins are starting to return to Nashville during their annual migration from North America to South America, but it remains unclear where the popular songbirds will end up congregating this summer.
Displaced purple martins struggle to find new Middle Tennessee roost
Since the symphony’s trees have been recently been removed or deeply pruned, the birds no longer find a resting spot there. But where did they go? That’s what Melinda and other local researchers are trying to find out.
No encore: Nashville Symphony will chop trees where huge purple martin brood has been roosting
The Nashville Symphony is planning to remove its trees soon to prevent the annual purple martin migration from roosting outside the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
Nashville Photography Exhibit Makes The Case For Bird Conservation
Nashville photographer Graham Gerdeman wants to raise awareness of declining bird populations with his latest photography exhibit, “Our Vanishing Birds,” which opens Friday at Shelby Bottoms Nature Center.
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