Philadelphia to dim city lights to make it safer for millions of migrating birds: 'We get to conserve energy at the same time'
The lights of Philadelphia might not shine as bright in the coming weeks.
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Campaign in US city to dim lights to prevent migrating birds from crashes
The US city of Philadelphia is dimming its lights to try and prevent migrating birds from slamming into skyscrapers and crashing onto pavements. Bird Safe Philly announced the Lights Out Philly initiative, a voluntary programme in which as many external and internal lights in buildings are turned off or dimmed at night during the spring and autumn. The problem of artificial lights attracting birds to their deaths in the city is not new. “We have specimens in the academy’s ornithology collection from a kill that happened when lights were first installed on Philadelphia’s City Hall tower ...
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