Dim Some

[Rope-Pusher]

DETROIT SKYLINE DIMS SOME

The skyline in Detroit is looking a lot darker than it used to, but there is a reason for that, birds. To be more specific migrating birds. It turns out that Detroit lies right smack dab in the middle of a migratory bird path. Estimates of deaths from birds running into skyscrapers range from millions to half a billion annually. So the people at General Motors have been encouraging employees at their skyscraper headquarters to turn off their office lights at night in hopes to protect those birds. The lighting shutdown takes place during the spring and fall migration months.
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2013 ... 1148/rss25

[bk7794]

Wouldn't the lights help the birds?

[six]

Wouldn't the lights help the birds?

I was just thinking the same thing...

[tankinbeans]

Wouldn't the lights help the birds?

I'd think so, but maybe the birds migrate using heat signatures, and lights should disrupt that. Not sure how that works though.

[theholycow]

I'd think so, but maybe the birds migrate using heat signatures, and lights should disrupt that. Not sure how that works though.

I was thinking something along those lines, but the article said that the problem is that the birds are hitting the buildings and turning off the lights helps prevent THAT, not that the birds are getting confused and going to the wrong destination.

[Rope-Pusher]

Wouldn't the lights help the birds?

It doesn't help moths, right?