I think it is safe to say, regardless of the total population, that 1000 birds dying in a single day as a result of an architectural decision is unfortunate.

It is “unfortunate”

Every time something about animal rights or vegetarianism gets posted on HN, an army of dweebs scramble to be the first to post some version of "FYI I'm a prick"

It’s a some birds flying into windows during a mass migration of a million and a half birds.

Animal rights? Jesus christ. Go touch grass.

It's proportionally like the equivalent death toll of NYC on 9/11 or slightly higher.

In NYC, 1 in 4000 people died on 9/11. In Chicago, 1 in 2000 birds died the other day. (Not to say it's equivalent at all, just that it's certainly a newsworthy event to the birds).

Not to be a prick, but this is HumanNews.

It's actually Hacker News. There's nothing inherently human about being a hacker.

Hacker News: 1000 bird hackers unsucessfully attempt to circumvent Chicago Convention center glass-wall.