Blog for the Birds

Downtown Lights Off - Saves Energy and Birds

March 12, 2008 on 12:34 pm | In General |

Birds often fly into tall buildings and die or become severely injured as a result.  This is especially problematic in migration season. Minneapolis/St. Paul is taking a pro-active approach to this problem by asking building owners to turn off unnecessary lights after hours. This apparently makes the buildings less visible to the birds and therefore less of a hazard. As a side benefit, the building owners that comply with this get to see energy savings. Why aren’t all cities doing this?

What birds don’t see can’t hurt them (as much)