Bird strikes, alongside free-ranging cats, are enormous problems for bird conservation. These account for 1-5 billion bird deaths annually in North America from a total population of ~10-20 billion songbirds. Big part of the reason why songbirds are declining.
www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bring-b...

There are many different solutions available at modest cost (<<1% of overall construction budget): fritted windows; uv markers (birds see it, we don't); films. Some are coupled to increased energy efficiency. And there is much good science on this -- e.g., www.muhlenberg.edu/media/conten...

Agreed. This would be evidence-based decision making. The proposal here (Winnipeg) is to eliminate all bylaws concerning bird-friendly practices because builders complained it raises costs for new construction. But the costs are trivial. They just don't want to be bothered with it.

I cheat a little bit. I built about a dozen nest boxes for tree swallows on our property at Lake Manitoba. Part of the deal is that they have to pose for pics for me.

Clearly stirring the pot here with a controversial prediction. Warm spring evenings in Winnipeg in April? What's the wind chill?

Don't know. This is as much as I could find out about how it started in Brisbane at the Gabba:
www.indiatoday.in/sports/crick...

The Muhammed Ali quote seems apt:
"I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!"