ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – The city of Atlantic Beach is asking residents and businesses to dim the night sky to help protect migrating birds this spring.
The city has declared March 15 through May 15 as “Lights Out Atlantic Beach Nights,” encouraging people to switch off non-essential lights from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. so birds can better navigate during migration.
“Lights that really disorientate the birds are the lights that actually directly go up in the sky, so they could be landscape lights,” said Elizabeth Filippelli from the Duval Audubon Society, who is also the vice president of Lights Out Northeast Florida. “Anything that is a white color is also very disorientating for birds.”…