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Light pollution is a significant and growing threat to wildlife including many species of migratory birds. Solutions are readily available, and we hope to encourage key decision-makers to adopt measures to address light pollution.” A key goal of World Migratory Bird Day 2022 is to raise awareness of the issue of light pollution and its negative impacts on migratory birds.

Overseas Territories/Autonomous Regions & ReservationsĪmy Fraenkel, Executive Secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) said: “Natural darkness has a conservation value in the same way as clean water, air, and soil.

Review Mechanism & National Legislation Programme.

Contribution from Parties to the CMS Trust Fund.

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Swainson's Thrushes Calling Slightly Before Sunrise, used courtesy of BIRD CALLS and SONGS. Senior Producer: John Kessler Content Director: Allison Wilson Producer: Mark Bramhill Managing Producer: Conor Gearin Bird sounds provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Listen in your podcast app or at BirdNote dot org. Learn more about lights out programs for bird migration on the Bring Birds Back podcast. Know that each light counts and each home matters. And you're also, as a building owner or manager, or as someone in their own home, you're saving energy by turning off lights. Julia Wang: All we're asking is that you flip the switch and turn off some lights during migration season, and it becomes a win-win situation for both parties. Julia is the project leader for BirdCast, which provides forecasts for bird migration so that people know when they should keep their lights off. Julia Wang: All of this light pollution coming from major centers of buildings, homes, residences, pulls birds, generally, into an area where they're more likely to deal with collisions and other urban threats. It's also typically cooler at night, so it's easier to off-put the heat that's generated when you're flying really, really far distances.īut migrating at night also means that birds can get disoriented by bright lights and collide with a building. Julia Wang: And especially for woodland species that might not be as agile, it's easier to fly at night.

That’s Julia Wang from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Julia Wang: At night the air is less turbulent, so it's a bit easier to fly. It might sound strange to travel in the dark, but the birds have their reasons. Adapted from the Bring Birds Back podcast