The City of Greensboro is once again encouraging all residents and business owners to turn off their nonessential lights at night in order to help migrating birds safely navigate through the area. The city’s ongoing partnership with the T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon Society has brought back the “Lights Out for Birds” program for 2025.
It’s a voluntary initiative that’s aimed at reducing bird fatalities as well as conserving energy.
Bird collisions with glass windows are a serious issue – with the National Audubon Society estimating that more than a billion birds die this way in the US every year. The accidents are believed to be a major factor in the 29 percent decline of North American bird populations since 1970…