Lights Out Effort Stops Deadly Bird-Building Collisions

Illuminated buildings, especially ones with a lot of glass windows, are deadly for birds.  Experts estimate that more than 100 million migrating birds die each year in North America when they become confused by artificial lights at night and fly into the glass. In response, a growing movement to save birds from such fatal collisions has been making a difference in major U.S. cities. Lights Out DC Volunteers, mostly amateur birders, travel a 6-kilometer route around downtown...

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