KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Thousands of birds are expected to fly over the Kansas City area Wednesday night as they complete their long-distance fall migration journeys.
Thousands of migrating birds – specifically 37,000 birds per kilometer – are expected to be on the move throughout Wednesday night. In all, experts predict there will be 428 million birds on the move three hours after local sunset across the United States.
BirdCast recommends turning off or at least dimming any non-essential lights to help these thousands of birds safely migrate through the area Wednesday night. Light attracts and disorients migrating birds at night, confusing them and making them vulnerable to flying into buildings.
For the entire month of September, the National Parks Service did not illuminate the Gateway Arch in St. Louis at night to protect birds in fall migration…