Lights Out Texas partners are asking community members to make a pledge to protect birds both at work and at home to reduce the number of bird fatalities across the state. Audubon Texas is honored to coordinate the Lights Out Texas collaboration, working with partners and communities across the state to protect traveling birds, while also conserving energy and saving money in the process." Each year up to an estimated one billion birds are estimated to die due to collisions with buildings in the United States alone. Specifically, birds are attracted to and disoriented by the light emitted from commercial and residential structures, bringing them directly and indirectly into harm’s way. It is also important that all nonessential and decorative lighting near the tops of buildings be turned off during the peak period.Īccording to Lisa Gonzalez, Vice President and Executive Director of Audubon Texas, "Birds play an important role within ecosystems and face many threats during their migratory travels. to 6:00 a.m. in rural, residential, and commercial areas to reduce the glow of light during the peak migration period. This is the period when 50% or more of all the birds that will be migrating over Texas are on the move.Īudubon Texas, in collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Audubon state chapters, the BirdCast migration forecast program, and local partners, is calling on Texans to to turn off as many interior and exterior lights as possible from 11:00 p.m.
Within the broader migration period is "peak migration." In Texas, that occurs between September 5 and October 29 this year. That means it's also time for Texans to make the trip safer for birds by participating in the Lights Out Texas movement. The birds are on the move right now, and this seasonal marvel will last through the end of November. Feathered Friends On Their Way Back HomeĪustin, TX & Ithaca, NY– About one in four birds migrating through the United States passes through Texas each fall.
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