Hello!

My name is Anya Gavrylko, and I am a research assistant for the Bird Friendly UW project, a CSF funded effort to reduce bird collisions on campus. The project is based around UW’s campus and monitors bird collisions with buildings in order to support our long term goal of finding design based solutions and identifying which species in our area are most vulnerable to collisions.

To carry out this research our project needs student volunteers to walk collision monitoring routes for one hour-long shift a week. Volunteering with us is a great way for students to practice bird identification and engage with urban wildlife, while also gaining experience in a research setting. We need volunteers for this summer and the fall!

In Autumn Quarter 2023 we will also be offering a class, ARCH 499: Conservation Design – Preventing Bird Building Collisions for students interested in learning more about preventing bird collisions, sustainable architecture, and urban conservation efforts. By taking this class students can get credit for walking routes and enhance their overall learning!

We also have a Bird Safe Product Survey that we are sharing with the campus community. This survey is important as it will help us understand what kind of bird safe designs we should advocate for in the future, that we can show have campus support.

Please feel free to contact with any questions. You can also learn more about our project on our website. Thank you for your consideration!