Photo: NASA Earth Observatory
In 1999, Audubon and partners established the first Lights Out program in Chicago. Lights Out is now a national effort to reduce the problem of nighttime window strikes and deaths caused by birds becoming disoriented by bright lights. The strategy is simple: By convincing building owners and managers to turn off excess lighting during the months migrating birds are flying overhead, they are provided safe passage between their nesting and wintering grounds.
- http://www.audubon.org/conservation/project/lights-out
- https://washtenawsafepassage.blogspot.com
- http://ohiolightsout.org
Courtesy of American Bird Conservancy
Other Programs
- Flagstaff, Arizona – Lights Out – Dark Skies Coalition
- San Francisco, California – Lights Out San Francisco – Golden Gate Audubon
- Costa Rica – Bird and Window Protection Project Cosa Rica
- Washington DC – Lights Out DC – City Wildlife
- Wilmington, Delaware – Lights Out Wilmington – Delmarva Ornithological Society
- Atlanta, Georgia – Project Safe Flight Atlanta – Atlanta Audubon
- Chicago, Illinois – Lights Out – Chicago Audubon
- Indianapolis, Indiana – Lights Out Indy – Amos Butler Audubon
- Boston, Massachusetts – Lights Out Boston – Mass Audubon / City of Boston
- Baltimore, Maryland – Lights Out Baltimore – Baltimore Bird Club
- Ann Arbor / Ypsilanti, Michigan – Washtenaw Safe Passage
- Detroit, Michigan – Project Safe Passage Great Lakes – Detroit Audubon
- Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rochester, Minnesota – Bird Safe/Lights Out – Audubon Minnesota
- Charlotte, North Carolina – Charlotte’s Lights Out – Mecklenburg Audubon
- Durham, North Carolina – Bird Collision Project – Duke University
- Raleigh, North Carolina – Raleigh Lights Out – Wake Audubon
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Lights Out Winston-Salem – Audubon Society of Forsyth County
- North Carolina – Lights Out North Carolina – North Carolina Audubon
- New York, New York – Project Safe Flight – NY City Audubon
- Ohio – Ohio Lights Out
- Columbus, Ohio – Lights Out Columbus – Ohio Bird Conservation Initiative
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – Safe Wings Ottawa
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada – Lights Out Toronto – FLAP / City of Toronto
- Portland, Oregon – Lights Out Portland – Audubon Society of Portland
- Bend, Oregon – Lights Out Bend – East Cascade Audubon Society
- Pittsburgh, PA – BirdSafe Pittsburgh
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin – Wisconsin Night Guardians for Songbirds (Wings) – Wisconsin Humane Society
Additional positive developments in other cities
- Watkins School Renovation Praised for BirdSafe Design
- D.C. Convention Center using Bird-Friendly Safety Film (Solyx)