Last month, Colorado Governor Jared Polis proclaimed April 2022 Lights Off for Bird Migration Month, just one year after the launch of Lights Out Colorado, which Audubon helped start. The Lights Out initiative, an effort by Audubon and partners, illuminates the dangers that light pollution poses to birds. It also provides recommendations that foster more bird-friendly communities, like directing outdoor lighting downwards and turning off non-essential outdoor lights. Thanks to your generosity, Audubon can continue to work to protect birds through critical partnerships like this.
Eighty percent of migratory birds travel at night. And birds, once following only starlight, are now also attracted to artificial light on their flight paths. With this distraction, birds may react by circling in confusion, which can leave them fatigued and exposed to predators. Recent research also warns that artificial light may even shift birds off migration schedule, affecting their access to food and their ability to successfully breed.
Even now, with spring migration underway, birds are suffering from the effects of light pollution. It is one of the many challenges stacked against their survival, but with your help, we’re taking immediate action to provide relief. Your support powers Audubon’s work to inform the public through webinars and articles, and advocate for permanent action to protect birds. This work culminated in Governor Polis’ decision to create the exciting Lights Off for Bird Migration Month proclamation.
120 million birds are expected to migrate through Colorado during this year’s spring migration and through initiatives and partnerships like this one, we are one-step closer to the brighter future for birds we all envision. What we’ve accomplished together in Colorado proves that positive change is very much possible, and we aren’t stopping there. Audubon is also taking similar action across the country in states like Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, and Illinois. We thank you for being the beacon of hope that birds so desperately need.
Sincerely,
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