Lights Out Programs

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.

Courtesy of American Bird Conservancy

Other Programs

Denver, Colorado – Lights Out Denver (https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/denver-parks-and-recreation/trees-natural-resources/wildlife/lights-out-denver.html)- Denver Parks and Recreation
Dallas, Texas – Lights Out Nights (https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/TXDALLAS-2a3c256?wgt_ref=TXDALLAS_WIDGET_3 )- Office of the Mayor
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