For more than 40 years, migrating birds have been crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center. The glassy, low-lying convention building on the shores of Lake Michigan has been the scene of about 1,

Since bird-safe film was added to the massive windows at McCormick Place’s Lakeside Center in summer 2024, bird collisions have dropped by over 95%.

Birds have nearly stopped colliding into the McCormick Place Lakeside Center. Since bird-safe film was installed on the building’s windows last summer, collisions into the mostly glass structure are down over 95% during the recent fall migration compared with previous seasons, the Field Museum said.