In order to protect birds, Audubon Societies asks people and cities to go “lights out.”Īll you have to do is turn off your lights, specifically outdoor lighting, from 11 p.m. We know that several billion birds hit built infrastructure and don't survive,” Gallitano said. “They see a light, they might see the reflection of a tree and they think they can fly through a window. Gallitano says migrating birds face one specific threat, especially at night. Gallitano is a volunteer with the Wake Audubon Society and she’s worried birds will become even harder to find as their homes disappear and are replaced with buildings. If you can’t turn off your indoor lights, closing blinds or curtains will also helpĪfter four decades of bird watching, Lena Gallitano has learned a thing or two.
The Wake Audubon Society is encouraging people to turn off excess lighting, specifically outdoors, during migration.Window collisions kill up to one billion birds each year.Birds can become disoriented by bright artificial lights and fly into windows or buildings.The majority of migrating birds fly at night between March 15 and May 31, and September 10 through November 30.
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