Songbirds Fly A Gauntlet

Finishing up some editing this week on a two-parter that first airs next week (November 5).

The subject is the problem of bird window collisions. It's a huge problem; researchers estimate that up to a billion songbirds may die every year in North America from collisions with windows. It is very difficult to show "numbers" on television, in any medium really. How do I give you, the viewer, any sense of "up to a billion birds"?

Recently I had to chance to view some of the work of photographer Chris Jordan.

In his book, "Running the Numbers II", Jordan makes the attempt to "show the numbers". It's fascinating.

Check it out and if you have any ideas on how I might illustrate "up to a billion birds", I'd love to hear them.

Many thanks.