Rescuing injured birds and encouraging building owners to turn off lights to protect migratory birds. Read More “Lights Out programs across North America”
Here lie the birds killed while striking a set of buildings surveyed during the migration season in 2013 in Washington D.C. The birds were picked up by the group Lights Out DC and include Worm-eating and Black-and-white Warblers, Scarlet Tanager, American Woodcock, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Cooper’s Hawk, Swamp and Song Sparrows, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, and other species. Photo by the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab
