Every year, more than 400 birds crash headlong into the windows of East Junior High School, not realizing they’re flying into solid glass. The school, and its 38 windows, sits near the Boise Foothills, putting it in the path of birds who don’t realize the glass reflection is really a deadly trap.
Students like Charlotte Meng and Akshara Nataraj wanted to stop these collisions, so, along with the Golden Eagle Audubon Society and a grant from the City of Boise’s Youth Climate Action Fund, they launched Project Skyward, leading to a 95% decline in bird-window collisions…