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Salt Lake City can do more to stop high-rise buildings from killing birds.

I promise this is the last column about high-rises here for a while.

I promise this is the last column about high-rises here for a while. As an avid bird-watcher, I know what a danger skyscrapers are to our avian friends, due to reflections and lights at night. Most folks don't realize that Utah is in multiple migratory bird flyways—including the Pacific and Central Flyways—which are crucial to so many species of birds that fly to and from our state each spring and fall.

Birds stop in Utah to rest up and refuel on their journeys north to Canada and south to Mexico, Central and South America each year, many stopping in and around such water sources as Gunnison…

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